PRINCIPAL EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 96, 23 April 1940, Page 11

PRINCIPAL EVENTS

NATIONAL COMMEMORATION

CITY .SERVICES

Principal events of the national commemoration of Anzac Day, at Wellington, on Thursday will be the returned, soldiers' dawn parade and service at the Citizens' War Memorial at 5.45 a.m., the luncheon to visiting delegates at the Town. Hall, the citizens' service at the War Memorial at 2.30 p.m., and the sounding of the Retreat by the Ist Battalion, Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own) at the War Memorial at 4.30 p.m. In addition, there will be a service' for Catholic returned soldiers at St. Mary of the Angels at 10 a.m., and services at the various primary and secondary schools. The soldiers at Trentham will hold an Anzac Day parade at 10 a.m., and will be addressed' by Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, who commanded the First New. Zealand Division. .

Special transport arranged to enable returned soldiers from various suburbs to reach the assembly point in Bunny Street at 5 a.m. has been arranged It'includes a bus from the Wadestown, tram terminus at 4.45 a.m.

In keeping with the special significance of the Wellington, commemoration this year the ceremony of sound- | ing the Retreat will be carried out on j a much larger scale than usual. About 400 members of the Wellington Regiment of all ranks will take part, in addition to the band of the regiment and the pipes and drums. It if. expected that this spectacular and symbolic ceremony will attract considerable I public interest. So faY the following particulars of the services at the various schools have been, made available: Brooklyn School, I War Memorial, Sugarloaf Hill, 9.30 a.m., speaker. Mr. E. B. Raymont, general secretary of the Australian returned soldiers' organisation; Hataitai, HataiItai Road, 9 a.m., speaker, Colonel W. F, Stilwell; Kilbirnie, corner of Wellington and Hamilton Roads, 8.35 a.m., speaker, Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand: Island Bay. Empire Theatre, 9 a.m., speaker, Major R. Sinel; Johnsonville. Johnsonville Town Board Building. 9.30 a.m., speaker, Colonel A. Cowles (parade then to proceed to the South African War Veterans' Memorial Gatet; and thence by car to Newlands): Mount Cook, Mount Cook School. 9.30 a.m., speaker, the Rev. H. R. Fell; Ngaio, Ngaio R.S.A. Rooms, 9.30 a.m., speaks. Mr. Morgan Davies; Te Aro. Mitchelltown War Memorial, 9.30 a.m.. speaker, Mr. G. Vincent; Karori, Karori R.S.A. Club, 9.30 a.m., speaker. Major Deuber; Seatoun, Seatoun Park. 10 a.m.. speaker to be arranged: Muritai, Royal Theatre. 9.30 a.m.. speaker. Major Lampen; Upper Hutt, 2 p.m., sneaker, Staff-Ser-geant. F. Price; Trentham. 2 p.m., speakers. Majors J. R. Kirk and Mr. H. Poison; Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt Recreation Ground, 9 f a.m., speaker: Mr. A. E. Pattinson; Petone, Petone Recreation Ground, 10.35 a.m., speaker. Mr. A. E. Pattinson. For the Roman Catholic service returned soldiers taking part will parade at St. Patrick's < College at 9.15 a.m. and will march with the boys of the college, headed by the St. Patrick's College Band, to St. Mary of the Angels, ■where RequieV Mass will-be celebrated at 10 a.m. ■>

Rongotai College will hold its Anzac service tomofrow morning; at 11.30 o'clock. The service, weather permitting, will be held outside to enable the Southland Boys' High School Drum and Trumpet Band to take part. The band, 53 members strong, and three officers will arrive at Wellington tomorrow morning an*., will be accommodated in the school Assembly Hall. ■