ANZAC DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 93, 21 April 1933, Page 12

ANZAC DAY

TUESDAY'S CEREMONIES

PARADES AND SERVICES

Anzac Day observances on Tuesday next, as arranged .by the Returned Soldiers' Association and Captain L. W. Andrew, stall1 ofliecr in charge of^ the No. 5 Regimental District, follow much j the sume lines as in previous years, tho ] War Memorial on Lambton yuay natur-! ally being the focus of cercmo.nial. In the morning at 10 o 'cloelc, cx-ser- ] vice' men puradu under old regimental commanders opposite the Central Tire Station prior to marching to tho War Memorial, whilo the Territorial find Cadet units, together with represents-, tives of the Royal Navy and the Wcl-' lingtou'1 Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, parade nl the inter-1 section of Bunny Street and Waterloo Quayl The order of march will be as , follows:—Royul Navy, R.N.V.R., Artil-I lory Band, sth Battery, N.Z.A., loth Battery, N.Z.A., 17th Battery, N.Z.A.,' 10th Battery, N.Z.A., 2nd Field Com-' pany, N.Z.E., Central Depot, N.Z. Corps | of Signallers, Ist Battalion,' the Wei- i lington ' Regiment, 2nd Company, N.Z.A.S.C, 2nd Field Ambulance,. N.Z.M.C, Wellington College Cadets,1 Rongotai College Cadets, Scots' College Cadets, Wellesley College Cadets. This, parade will bo commanded by Colonel \V. H. Cunningham, D.S.O. Tho 11 o 'clock service at tho War' Memorial will be conducted by the Rev. R. J. Howie, the Rev. W. Bramwell i Scott giving an address. Prior to the service, wreaths will be deposited at the foot of the Memorial, children's wreaths ; at 10,45 a.m. and the official wreaths , at 11 a.m. If flowers are sent to the Returned Soldiers' Club on Monday \ they will be made up by willing helpers, Girl Guides and others, into wreaths and crosses. These, after the service, will be placed on tho graves of'soldiers in the Karori Cemetery. , Rosemary is specially wanted, and flowers, required in quantity so that every grave can have a wreath, will bo received up to 9 p.m. At 2.45 p.m. there will be a parade of ex-service men at the Basin Reserve. After a solemn requiem, has been played on the Carillon, the ex-servico men will march via Buckle, Cuba, Manners, and •Willis Streets and Lambton Quay to the Memorial. The order of marching will be: —South African veterans, Imperial Forces (military, naval, and air), Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., Canterbury Infantry Regiment, N.Z.E.F., N.Z. Engineers, N.Z.E.F., Auckland Infantry Regiment, N.Z.E.F., Artillery • Units, N.Z.E.F., Machine-gun Corps, N.Z.E.F., Otago Infantry Regiment, N.Z.E.F., Army Service Corps, N.Z.E.F., N.Z. Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F., N.Z. Medical Corps, N.Z.E.F., N.Z. Rifle Brigade, N.Z.E.F. During the morning thero will bo the usual addresses in the schools, and in the afternoon there will be hold at 2.30 in tho Town Hall the ,next-of-kin service. The Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, will preside over this, the address being given by tho Rev. R. Watson. This sorvico will be .over in time for those attending, to join at Cuba Street tho procession from the Basin Reserve. A Toe II service will be hold .in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral in the evening. To this members of the general public aro invited. Tho Deputy GovernorGeneral, tho Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Myers, has signified his intention-to bo present, as havo also leaders of the various national and civic organisa-i tions. Tho service will be conducted by Toe H padres, while a cho'*1 of forty boys from Rongotai College will lead the singing. Mr. Robert Parker, C.M.G., will be at the organ. The Toe H "Ceremony of Light" will be per-

formed during the service, the keynote of which will be one of thankfulness. In the evening also the Rev. W. Bramwell Scott will deliver a lectuTe: bearing on Auzac Day at the Trinity Methodist Church, Newtown, his subject being "Round the World in a Transport." On Sunday, in the Trinity Methodist Church, a special servie'e preparatory for Anzae Day will be held at 7 p.m. The preacher will be the Rev. W. Bramwell Scott, and it is hoped that as many returned soldiers as possible vill attend. ■ ■ ■'..->'..' ~: ■