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THE WHITEHALL CENOTAPH.
DESIGN AVAILABLE FOR
' AUSTRALIA.
'LONDON. 12th August.
A movement is oii foot to erect replicas
:of the. Whitehall - memorial cenotaph in
-.)rarl.uu3 -towns in the United Kingd m. it
lq also intended to make the cenotaph the
type for memorials'throughout the Empire
Sir Edwm Lutyens has informed the Aus
tralian Press Association tiiat he will
gladly make the design available Co.- A,,u.
tralasian cities. He roughly .estimates the
c.st of erection ut ironi £15,000 to
£20,000.
Australian and New Zealand soldiers are
among the daily throngs which are paying'
homage at the' Whitehall cenotaoli, which
.has ..touched/ public, imagination. "The base
<>f the- cenotaph is smothered with wreaths.
'The -Government has decided in obedience
to the public, demand to erect a cenotaph
in permanent form at Whitehullz
Probably no Australasian city lias such
an ideal site for a cenotaph as Sydney
possesses .in Martin-place, because it is
designed for a position between buildings.
It is regarded as one of the achievements
of modern architectural designing.
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