OBSERVANCE OF ANZAC DAY

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29233, 17 June 1960, Page 14

OBSERVANCE OF ANZAC DAY

Significance For Youth (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. June 16. A programme of addresses to schools on Anzac Day’s significance, together with an emphasis on the inclusion of youth groups in Anzac Day parades, had been adopted by many branches of the Australian Returned Services’ League to ensure that the significance of the day would not be forgotten. Sir Raymond Huish told the annual meeting of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association’s general council. Former servicemen had addressed schoolchildren on the Friday before Anzac Day, to explain the significance of the day, said Sir Raymond Huish.

The inclusion of boy scouts, girl "uides and other youth groups in Anzac Day observances helped to remind the younger generations that they would have to maintain the observance of Anzac Day in years to come. Sir Raymond Huish said that the traditional friendship between Australia and New Zealand was of the utmost importance in the international field. “We are sparsely populated countries In the South Pacific," he said, “and we must hope and pray that the bonds between us remain as close as they are at present. There is a population of only 1500 million in this area and you can see what we face in the future.” He said that former servicemen could play an important part in moulding public opinion and showing public leaders their fervent desire for “peace in our time.” “'Peace in our time’ doesn't mean appeasement,” he said. “We must continue to stand against those who oppose our way of life or cast covetous eyes on our land." /