ARMISTICE DAY.
OBSERVANCE IN NEW YORK. , BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Nov. 11. The United States honoured her war dead bv suspending business for two minutes at 11 o’clock on the Armistice anniversary. Traffic stopped in great cities and throughout the country, including both ..surface trains and subways. Power was turned off and .all lights and machinery stopped, while te'egraphs and telephones were closed. President Coolidge’s representative placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Washington. Theire was no Chicago wheat quotations on Armistice Day. CROWDS AT THE CENOTAPH. LONDON, Nov. 12. Crowds continued 1 to pass the Cenotaph, and despite the heavy rain, unending streams of humanity were still thronging Whitehall at midnight. Armistice Day in Dublin, and in Ireland ended in riotous demonstrations, the police dispersing the fighting crowds with their batons.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 November 1926, Page 5
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137ARMISTICE DAY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 November 1926, Page 5
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