ANZAC DAY.
IM PRESS IVE CEREMONIES IN LONDON
EARL JELLICOE LAVS WREATH ON CENOTAPH
United Press Assn by El. Tel. Copyright fAustralian Press Association.) LONDON. April 25. Impt’ossivo ceremonies charactorisrd All star* Dav. A memorial service was" hold at' St. Clement Danas, which contained gorgeous floral docorations. Sir James Parr was presThe ltov. Gordon, a be-niedalled Australian padre, preached cmotio’nally. remarking: “Anzae gleams like an altar on the highway ot time. The High Commissioners led the procession to the Australian .war shrine in the church, where wreaths were laid. An. Ainzae hymn was sung. The Cenotaph ceremony followed. Thousands of people looked on, and traffic was lield up. . Earl .Tellicoe- placed the first iced wreath of New Zealand wild flowers on behalf of New Zealand returned soldiers. A French officer laid a. Flanders poppy and. arum hl ,es wreath “From old French Dardanelles comrades.” Sir James Pair and Sir Granville Ryrie placed wreaths on behalf of their governments. Thousands filed past the Cenotaph and made a reverent inspection of tiie magnificent wreaths.
NEW ZEALAND’S REPLY TO KING’S MESSAGE
(Press Association.) AUCKLAND. April 26. The Governor-General has sent the following reply ,to the message received from His Majesty the King on the occasion of Anzae Day: “The people of New Zealand_ have road with heartfelt appreciation the gracious message which 1 Your Majesty has sent to them for Anzae D«y. The knowledge that , the thought of your Majesty and the Queen are with them on this day set apart for. reverent remembrance touches them deeply.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10881, 27 April 1929, Page 5
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