ANZAC DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1935, Page 10

ANZAC DAY

IN MEMORIAM

TOMORROW'S SERVICES

AFTEK TWENTY YEAES

In the dawn of the morning of April 25, 1915—twenty years ago— the Australian and New Zealand troops who had volunteered for service abroad in the Great War landed at Gallipoli. Many fell in the first fierce dash ashore and hundreds more were buried in hostile soil before the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, that gave Britain's southern possessions the word "Anzac," left the peninsula, and the memory of those will be honoured throughout New Zealand and Australia tomorrow by Anzac^ memorial ser-< vices. In Wellington one main and several subsidiary services will be held, and other services wil be held in the suburbs. The returned soldiers of the city, wearing their decorations, service medals, and FlanSers poppies, will parade at the Central Fire Station at 1.45 p.m. and will march from there to the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial, where the main service will commence at 2.30. Before the service commences representatives of schools and colleges will place floral tributes before the Shrine of Kemembranc'e. The parade will form up around the front of the memorial and a certain amount of accommodation will be provided for elderly next-of-kin of fallen soldiers, but the majority of the public will have to occupy the sloping bank across Bowen Street. THE SERVICE. The memorial service, which has been arranged by the Women's^ National Reserve with the co-operation of ,the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association, the Wellington Education Board, and the . Wellington Headmasters' Association, will be conducted by the Rev. Canon Percival James, Chaplain to the Forces. It will commence with the placing of official floral tributes at 2.3(5 p.m. and then the first hymn—"Oh God Our Help" will be sung, the Port Nicholson Silver Band providing the music. Then a prayer will be said by the Rev. W. Gilmour, 8.A., and a lesson read by the Rev. S. J. Campbell from Ecclesiasticus Ch. 44, v. 1 to 14. An Anzac Day memorial address will be delivered by Canon James, Kipling's Recessional—"Lest We Forget"— will be sung, the "Last Post" will be sounded by ,the buglers of Wellington College, the "Reveille" by Trumpeter F. C. Chegwin, the National Anthem will be sung by the assembly, and the Chaplain <to the Forces will pronounce the Benediction. At the conclusion of the service the troops will march past the memorial to give a salute to the memory of their comrades who fell in the war. N CARILLON RECITAL. At 4 p.m. an Anzac Day recital will be played by Miss Gladys Watkins at the National War Memorial Carillon;, commencing with the Westminster Chimes. The following numbers will then be played:—"God Defend New Zealand" (Woods); "Awake, Awake, Australia!" (Arnicus); ''Hoea Ra" (Maori Canoe Song); "When You Come Home"; (Squire); "Requiem" (Steven-son-Homer); "The Recessional" (Kipling); and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." The recital will conclude with the sounding of the New Zealand Divisional bell ."Sorhme" eight times, and the playing of the National Anthem. This programme will complete three years of flaying on the bells, which were first rung to the memory of New Zealand's fallen on Anzac Day, 1932. The afternoon commemoration services will be concluded with the sounding of the "Retreat" by the pipes and drums and brass band of the Wellington Regiment. The ceremony, which will., be both solemn and impressive, is in memory of the members of the regiment who fell in the Great War. The buglers of the regiment will sound the "Retreat" at 4.45 p.m., and the other units of the band will then carry out the remainder of the ceremony. All members of the regiment will stand at attention during the playing of the "Retreat" and the regimental march. The commemoration of Anzac Day will conclude with a sacred concert iri the St. James Theatre in the evening. A programme has been arranged by the"- Returned i Soldiers' Concert Party, and assistance will be given by local artists. The- proceeds from the concert will be- used for the improvement of the Soldiers' Cemetery, Karori. *

SERVICE AT SYNAGOGUE

Tomorrow marks the conclusion of the feast of the Passover, which is being celebrated by the Jewish community in Wellington, and the final service to be held in the Synagogue during i the forenoon will be held as an Anzac commemoration . service in memory, of the Jews who served and fell in the New Zealand > forces. The Passover is the festival celebrated each year in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt.

IN THE SCHOOLS

The Anzac Day service at Clyde Quay School will commence at 9.30 a.m. The speakers lor the occasion will be the Rev. Noel Robertshawe, vicar of St. Mark's Anglican Church, and Captain J. Nicholls, I Squadron, Legion of Frontiersmen, late of the Indian Army. This will be the last time the function will be held at the old school, which is to be demolished in the near future to make way for the city's new fire station, and a good attendance of all those interested in the school is anticipated. The exStudents' Association, in an advertisement in this issue, invites all old scholars to attend the gathering and take what may be the final opportunity of meeting their former associates in the old familiar setting.

A service will be held at the Northland School .tomorrow morning at 9.15. Colonel N. S. Falla will deliver the address. • ■

At Miramar Central School a service will be held at 11 a.m. The speaker will be Mr. J. Lothian.

A service will be held at the- Newr town School at 9.30 a.m. The Rev. G. Mathiescn will be the speaker.

Two services will be held in the Hataitai district. The first will consist of a parade of returned soldiers, who will parade at Goa Street at 9 a.m. and march to the Kilbirnie School, where Mr. Morgan Davieg will give an address. The second service will take the form of a parade at the gates of the Hataitai School at 9.15. a.m. The speaker will be Mr. G. M. Silver.

The scholars of Thorndon School will assemble at 9 a.m. The speaker will be Captain M. S. Galloway, M.C.

The service at Berhampore'School Will take place at 9.30 a.m. Colonel A. Cowles will be the speaker.

HUTT VALLEY ARRANGEMENTS

It has been definitely decided, owing to the dampness of the ground, to hold the Lower Hutt Anzac Day service in the grandstand. The procession will