TIMARU
Centennial Park by Otipua Rd entrance
Planted to commemorate the centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi and in memory of Mr G Bowker
Centennial Park: Opening of Bowker Gateway and planting of 30 trees. The Council will be represented by the Mayor, Mr W. G. Tweedy. The arrangements for treeplanting by citizens and school children are in the hands of the West End Association. Cr. W. H. Hall said that an excellent job had been made of the Bowker memorial, and he could not speak too highly of the way the men had finished the Job. Cr. A. S. Kinsman remarked that a vote of thanks was due to Cr. Hall, chairman of the Works Committee, for the voluntary work he had put in supervising the erection of the memorial which was a very fine structure. The motion was carried. - ARBOR DAYTIMARU HERALD, VOLUME CL, ISSUE 22033, 5 AUGUST 1941, PAGE 6
