OBSERVANCE IN ENGLAND.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4771, 12 November 1935, Page 5

OBSERVANCE IN ENGLAND.

KING UNABLE TO ATTEND. (.Official Wireless.) Rugby, November 11. Although there was bright sunshine in London this morning following the week-end's exceptionally heavy rain, the air was damp and a light mist still hung about the buildings in Whitehall. In these circumstances it was considered inadvisable that the King should attend the annual Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, and his place was taken by the Duke of York who laid the King's wreath on the Cenotaph, the King and Queen later leaving London for Sandringham. The Prince of Wales acted in a similar service at the Stone of Remembrance, Edinburgh, and afterwards attended a service in St. Giles' Cathedral. The Cenotaph service was attended by members of the Royal Family, the Queen and the Duchess of York watching from a balcony at the Home Office. The Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Lord Chancellor, Ministers, ex-Mini-sters, High Commissioners, representatives of detachments of the defence forces and merchant navy and representatives of the various religious denominations were present at the service, which was conducted by the Bishop of London. It was preceded by the two minutes' silence which was most impressive. Similar services were held in every town and village throughout Great Britain and the Empire. Typical of these were the ceremony at Gibraltar and the ceremonial observance of the silence before the British Legation at Addis Ababa, where Sikh troops forming the Legation guard were drawn up. Sir James Parr laid New Zealand's wreath on the Cenotaph.