ARMISTICE DAY.
TROOPS SHOULD' PARADE WITHOUT ARMS. LABOUR SUGGESTION REFUSED. (Australian Press Association—United Service.) LONDON, Nov. 7. In the House of Commons, Mr E. Thurtie (Labour) asked whether the Government would adopt a suggestion that troops parade without amis on Armistice day. Sir L. Wortliington-Evans. Secretary for War, said that the troops were the living comrades of those whose deaths were being commemorated. The Army Council thought that the highest military honour should be accorded and that the army should parade in full dress with arms. Mr Thurtle : “Seeing that the wearing o arms was a violation of the spirit and purpose of the ceremony, the absence of arms would offend none and please many. Would not the War Office reconsider the matter?” Sir L. Worthington-Evans replied in the negative.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 November 1928, Page 8
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130ARMISTICE DAY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 November 1928, Page 8
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