ARMISTICE DAY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19451, 26 October 1928, Page 11

ARMISTICE DAY.

COMMEMORATION SfiRVItJESr The Mayor (M* J. E. Archer) haa I received the following cohimiitiication with reference to Armistice Day from the Prim© Minister (Mr, .Coites) The whole tlmpire has. united sinoe the year 1918 in commemorating Armistice Day by.a Bttlemn silence of two . mihiltos, b,egiiining at the hour of 11 ; &.m. in eacli iiotititi-y, DOmiifai&ii, and dependejicv. His Majesty lite fiaij^jfeijjikd the wish Mat in the wr, whfep Armistice Day falls on Sunday, a service of cbriiniemofatioh should bd held in the churched sUid the Government of New Zealand tMists that the several denomiiiatiohii throughout the Domin- , joA Will agree partly to dovote their thorning services on .November Uth. to that object. • . ■ j[f those services ltoltafen6M\ W • »y usual at 11 a.m.' it %crtild be dimcUlfcto observe equally the, precedefat •of silent commenloration at, the 'BaiW hottt: For that' reason the spebi&l • I3brmfi» at Westminster Abbey, .at 'tvhitih the King ... Mil be present, has beeh by his Majesty's desire appointed to tonlhience < it. 10.46 a;m. Dtoiftg ■ that service ( at the hour .of ll a.m. Jhe solemn servioe > -will be observed. The New Zealand Government .trusts that churches.-in the Dominion will agree toarrange th&t on. Sunday, November 11th, the AMtthig service shall • coihttifeiic© not than 10.45 Aid ihat lil 'cdiirs© of those services, the sevefral cbngregatiojlS htoy be invited to at 11 A.m. and silehbe be Observed fof two minutes. In cities of boroughs in. which •the trams are running on a Sunday it is desired that the trams should stop for two minutes at 11 a.m. The Government trusts that all those who . are «Mable to attend a church service en that , date Will, in accordance tvith the precedent followed since 1918, observe solemn silence for two minutes at 11 a.m. on that date.