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pagepage66Historic Gas Times%u2022 Issue 113 %u2022 December 2022 %u2022free of charge for the first quarter, so as to prove its efficiency and economy.In concluding this account of a visit to Brisbane, the writer would like to add that the shares of the Brisbane Gas Company constitute a sound investment; and investors have not been slow to realize this fact. For though Brisbane is at present lying dormant%u2014 with a 7 per cent. increase in the gas consumption%u2014it has a great future predicted for it by the leading land experts, who understand the value of the back-country which extends for miles adjacent to the town. The list of shareholders contains many names of persons residing in the Old Country, all of whom may rest assured of the future success of their undertaking.JBHRetort house, Newstead GasworksCADENT REINSTATES GAS WAR MEMORIALCadent Gas have recently reinstated the Birmingham Corporation Gas Department War Memorial, which had been in storage until recently. The War Memorial was first erected in 1921 paid for by the members of gas department. Inscribed on the monument are the names of all those from the department who died in the war. Within the monument are the names of all the 1239 names of those who joined the forces from the departmen. Written on the monuments are the words %u201cLet those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten%u201d. These words are all the more poignant today, following its reinstatement at the new West Midland depot at Planetary Road, Wolverhampton, so the great sacrifice can be remembered and their names not forgotten. The original memorial was designed by Walter Gilbert and made by H. H. Martyn and Co. of Cheltenham and was first erected within the Gas Departments office in the Birmingham Council House. It was used as a centrepiece for memorial services by the gas department from 1921 onwards. Originally it featured a statue of Britannia on top of the memorial, which had been lost over the years. The reinstated memorial features a hand holding a flaming torch, where the statue once stood. This year after many years absence, a two minutes silence was once again observed on Armistice Day by the newly erected war memorial.Birmingham Corporation Gas Department War MemorialCourtesy of Leo Conway of Cadent