The incredible silence over the glaring spelling errors in the western wall of the Darwin War Memorial continues. Not far from the major 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin , the Chief Minister, the Darwin City Council, the RSL ,the media, assorted historians , armchair generals are all suffering lockjaw .
While Chief Minister Henderson is happy to make a pronouncement about a public holiday for Territorians to mark the bombing, he has not answered questions put to him by Little Darwin through his conduit, Fred McCue, about what HE is doing to correct the memorial snafu , embarrassing for the Territory's image.
These are the errors carved in large letters in the granite : NETHERLAND’S EAST INDIES, which should be NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES; PHILLIPINES , which should be PHILIPPINES and UNITED NATION PEACEKEEPING , which should be UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.
For these errors to have remained uncorrected for so long reflects adversely on Darwin. Little Darwin raised this matter more than a year ago . THE SITUATION CALLS FOR REAL ACTION .
