WOMAN'S PART.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 268, 12 November 1928, Page 7

WOMAN'S PART.

QUEEN'S SYMPATHY.

Royal Remembrance Of Heroic

Sacrifice.

PRINCE'S TRIBUTE. (■•Times'* Cables.) LONDON, November 11. The "Evening Standard" publishes the following Armistice Day message from Queen Mary to the women of the Empire:— "All who have visited the war cemeteries must have been moved to the heart, as I was, by the solemn beauty and the reverent care with which they are tended. We know, too, that the War Graves Commission surrounds them with the same carc, wherever they may be. "In these cemeteries rest many of the fearless and devoted women who gave their lives while they were serving as army, volunteer or territorial nurses in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, and in Queen Mary's Corps. Yet those who fell are not alone in having sacrificed all that life has to offer. Every man of our million dead may have been dearer than anything on earth to some woman, and in every part of the Empire to-day are women who go on living with wounds in their hearts which time cannot heal. "I wish my voice could reach each one with a word of loving sympathy." _ The Prince of Wales contributes a signed article to a special war graves number of the "Times"' issued to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Armistice. His Royal Highness extol* the work of the War Giaves Commission, and says:— "It is not easy to grasp the meaning of the words, 'A million dead,' but when one remembers what splendid fellows they were, and what hopes and affections clung to each, one begins to have some conception of the sacrifice the Empire made. We can feel no other sentiment than gratitude and pride. "All over the world our dead lie, but whether they lie solitary or in company, and regardless of their rank or what portion of the Empire they came from, all are treated with the same reverence and tender care, and the same type of headstone is over them. They gave their lives in the service of the Empire. In that, as in death, all are equal. "It is impossible not to be specially touched by the thought of the missimr. It is almost an extra patent of gallantry to be among the missing. The race hts not weakened. These million dead ate a silent witness to that. "In honouring our dead, let ns not forget the living. We do not yet do justice to the -late Earl Haig*s greatness. He gave all his heart to the welfare of the men who had fought with him In his name, and in the name of these million dead, I appeal for help to make the lot of all soldiers richer in the things that are worth while."

LONDON, November 11

IN FAR OFF KENYA. PRINCE ATTENDS SERVICE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, November 11. The Prince of Wales attended ths Armistice celebrations at Nairobi, capital of Kenya Colony. Speaking at th« settlers* luncheon, which followed tha service of remembrance, he said that the service united the whole Empire in common thought more than any other annual ceremony. His Royal Highness declared that he had enjoyed his stay in East Africa beyond all expectations. The visit had given him deep and permanent interest in Kenya. Canada wa* the country which he knew best outsidt of Britain, and he believed that th« problems of Canada were, in some respects, akin to those of Kenya, at least as regards farming. He would take back home a message addressed specially to the younger generation whose interest he wanted to awaken i| the new colony.

GERMANY AND BRITAIN. COMPLIMENTS RETURNED. (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) WIESBADEN", November 11. In recognition of the municipal council's laying of a wreath on the British section of the cemetery during the German observance service last week, representatives of the British array in the Rbineland laid wreaths on the German War Memorial. The ceremony passed almost unnoticed owing to the bad weather, but hundreds inspected the wreath when the news spread. | WAR'S LIVING VICTIMS. POPPY DAY ACTIVITY. (Australian and X.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, November 11. To-day the memory of those who fall in the war is recalled. The nation yesterday remembered the war's living victims, and generously supported the Poppy Day fund of the British Legion. Immediately after midnight ex-service-men were selling poppies in Piccadilly Circus. They continued all night to comb pleasure-land and newspaper-land. They caught night workers and the earliest businessmen. One poppy seller. Miss Victoria Lloyd, with a trayful of poppies, was admitted to Buckingham Palace later in the day. She was received by Their Majesties, who purchased her stock. A pretty idea was carried out near Westminster Abbey. The grass enclosure blossomed out as a poppy field there. Hundreds of people in Whitehall placed wreaths on the Cenotaph or saluted it 24 hours before the remembrance ceremony. The endless stream continued all day long. SYDNEY SERVICES. SYDNEY, November IIArmistice Day services were held > D some of the churches in Sydney to-day. I There were also appropriate gathering? in various suburban parks and a Scou* parade. A wreath was placed on thp Cenotaph by the Fellowship of Mons, as a tribute to Australian comrades who fell in the war. The official ceremony arranged by the Government and the military authorities will ba held to-owno^