ANZAC MEMORIAL
HYDE PARK CEREMONY
Foundation Stones Set
GREAT HALL OF MEMORY
SYDNEY, inlv ».
The foundation «tonca of a beau- :
tiful Aniac memorial at the south- ! ern end of Hyde Park were tet this afternoon. The crowd at the com- mencement af the ceremony wai ei timated at more than 35,00a.
Applause greeted Mr. Lang, who «hook 1 hands warmly with Dean Talbot. The
l'remicr (Mr. Stevens) arrived just]
afterwards and received a flattering re- ception, it-alibi Cohen was among those
on thi, official platform, j
ilullied drums played as the Governor
(Sir Phillip Game) ai rived, aud the 1 crowd stood to attention.
The Lord Mayor said that the memo- rial would bold tho sacred records of 4(1,000 Australian soldiers who never com» back.
Thc memorial will contain a ire rt halt of memory ¡10 ft. in diameter and rising to a height of 05 ft. at the top of the domed root, with a Well of Con- templation 20 ft. in diameter.
Suites of offices for returnM soldiers and sailors' organisations will lie pro vided beneath the memorial part of the building, and there will heji small hall and archives room, where Hie nain»* of K<w South Wales soldiers and sail;>'S who served in the war will be pre-
served.
A section of the crowd demonstrated as Mr. r,nng was leaving nnd swlred around his car. which left with « police c«rort amid thc cheon of his support-
ers.