REMEMBERING FALLEN

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 175, 21 April 1937, Page 12

REMEMBERING FALLEN

Anzac Observance on Sunday POPPY DAY ON FRIDAY Most of the arrangements tor the observance of Poppy Day and Anzac Day in Wellington this year have been made. Anzac Day falls next Sunday, and Poppy Day is. as usual, the Friday before. An important change from the observance of previous years will be the dropping of the services at schools, as a result of the infantile paralysis epidemic. The people of Wellington will be asked to purchase 38,000 poppies with which sellers will lie provided on Friday. Improved economic conditions were reflected in increased sales last year, and another good sale is desired ibis year. The imitation flowers are made by returned soldiers, and they are sold by volunteers, so that the greatest possible portion of the money received readies its object, the ex-ser-vice men and their dependants in need. The Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association, which organises the day and handles the funds, recognises all ex-service men who have been engaged in warfare on behalf of the British Empire. The poppies will be sold tr. i.. eight si. nils in the city streets, by ten auxiliary committees in the suburbs, by five sub-branches in‘the country, and by the Paeknkariki branch of the Red Cross Society. Flowers for Graves. Every year on Anzac Day the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association places a token of remembrance on the grave of every man who served overseas and has been buried at Karo'ri. The association relies on the public to supply Howers for this purpose, and the association’s office in Victoria Street will be open all day on Saturday to receive Howers and make them into posies. The Howers will be displayed before the Anzac Day service on Sunday, and will be taken to the cemetery at the conclusion of the parade. A large attendance is expected by the Australian Imperial Forces Association at its second annual dinner and annual meeting at the Royal Oak Hotel on Saturday. Since the first dinner was held 12 months ago the membership lias increased from 44 to 84, representing practically every unit of the A.T.F. Representatives of the Returned Soldiers’ Association and senior officers of the Now Zealand Forces have been invited, and an effort, has been made to find every ex-Australian soldier who is in Wellington. Parade on Sunday. The march of returned soldiers and Territorial units to the Wellington Citizens’ 'Wai' Memorial on Lainbton Quay and the service there, the chief pttolie event in Wellington on Anzac Day. will be held as usual. The returned soldiers, instead of marching in one long column, as previously, will be in live divisions with about 50 yards between them and a band at the head of each. They will muster at the Central Fire Station, and after marching to the memorial will be drawn up in ranks for the service. At the conclusion of the service they will inarch off, saluting the memorial as they pass if. In addition to New Zealand returned soldiers and sailors. the parade will include Imperial ex-servicemen and members of the Australian Imperial Forces Association ih Wellington. The Rev. A. Muriel, .of the Congregational Church, Cambridge Terrace, will conduct the service. the Rev. A. B. Kilroy, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, The Terrace, will lead in the prayer, and the address will be given by the Right Rev. If. St. B. Holland, Bishop of Wellington. His Excellency the Governor-General will attend. In the absence of school services, the principal observance of the day for children will lie a children’s Anzac Day service broadcast from 2YA commencing at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The service at the war memorial, commencing at 2.30. also will Ik> broadcast by 2YA. and an Anzac programme will be transmitted. commencing at 8.30 p.m. R.S.A. Concert. On Sunday night the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association will give its annual concert. The proceeds will be for the upkeep of the soldiers’ graves at Karori cemetery. An excellent programme includes items by the well-known U.S.A. Male Choir conducted by Mr. F. J. Oakes, and the Tin Hat Club Orchestra conducted by Mr. P. Cole, and the following artists:— Mrs. G. Holloway (violin), Miss Molly Atkinson (mezzo-soprano), Miss Mary Butler (musical monologue), Mr. Ken McCauley (baritone). Mr. .1. Rodgers (flute) and Mr. W. W. Marshall (bass). The accompanists will be Mr. Clement Howe (grand organ) and Mr. George Holloway (piano). Seats may lie reserved at the D.I.C. PROVISIONS IN AWARDS Auckland, April 20. When awards covering female workers in various clothing and millinery trades were framed, the possibility of Anzac Day being observed on a Sunday was apparently overlooked and a clause was allowed to creep in which is likely to prove embarrassing to employers. This stipulates that where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, the holiday shall be observed on the following Monday. Provision is also made for rhe payment of double time for work done on' any holidays which are stipulated in awards relating to the Northern (females only). Wellington. Canterbury. Otago, and Southland clothing trades employees, and dressmakers, and milliners, shirt, white and <ilk workers. Some Auckland employers are nol content to accept the position that the award overrides the Anzac Day Act. “THIN END OF WEDGE” Observance on Monday By Toii'grnpli—Pros Association. Dunedin, April 20. The advisability of observing Anzac Day on the nearest Sunday lo April 25 was discussed at the annual meeting of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association, lint a motion to this effect was heavily defeated. It was stated that the provision in some awards for the observance of the day on a Monday when it fell on the Sunday was the thin edge of the wedge to create a changed attitude toward Hie day, and it was decided to take exception to such provision in awards.