ALTERED BATES OF PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 5

ALTERED BATES OF PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

\ PBtMJLiIMATBS.'SiiS THE TK"I'NG.!

l^Syt/TNGTON. Jiilly: -S. "' The' Minister for Hilteroal ycffairs ; to-day made th© following anoaouace-; ■jcient>->—.-' ~'.■. ' ■ i '"■'■'! "Laibe last nigiatfc n cablegram was> reeeiv.6& from tlae 3mpei'i4l (Goy««i-| merit notifying tfctt a change "hadj keen raade- in eoMiPction with tSaej j>eaee sjelebra-tiona. It 'has1 •now been [ reeolTed hy the Itcnporiai -authorities that tha-nksgiving religious services *ball tafee place <m 'Sunday nexti tnrou^hpiat the Empire, being the] first Sunday after the , ideclaration of i. peace. Itjhas also bjean :f3eojaefl,vwith| His Majesty's sanction, to hdld thefi celebrations in the "fJriited kingdom j on Saturslay,, 19th J»i!y, nnS'to'have' fill the celebrations mn. Hhe 'one day. i

In order tiuat New Zealand -naay act> -in accordance Avith His "Slajesty's i - ivish, Cabinet has resolved i'Cltst the; r jJievious deeisi^tn to ho!fl tifaree days • i, of peace celebrations sliaTl lac -can-; -, .celled, and flhftt the celebration? :^hall • • «toke place in Jf'ew Zealand <an the;

same day as in tlhe Mother CJourrtiry.; -•The heads of ttjbo Churcliies iWye1 ■ 'therefore been -opntinnnicfitet! with inj ;• accordance wfflfci tH«3 Majesty's wisli, ;j and the Governn-.ent has resofaiesl, r that the celebrations in New Zealand ] inland, take place <<i>n Saturday, rclie | r39fcli-:of July. The -accessary notifies- !j

tion'%as been forw-ar-died to all loeail .fluthoftities through^it the Doniin-

-Tlie:'following telegram has been re. teeived H>rom the Ssfereta*y of State fior the \Colonies by 'tbo Governor(Goneral <jf NeAV Zealand, dated Ist *My, 1919: — j!The foHlowing proclamation has fe^*n: isaxie"d here to-day'by the King:

A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE, R..JI.

Wiiereas ;: a definite Treaty .of peace ixAmmn •us -<t,nd the Assocfiatecl <fh)v--ormßaents and the Gernxtui (Govern-: Tnent was concluded at Viersailles on the £§th day .^f June la&t, in /conformity tliereunto we have thout&t fit hearty-tQ eQ>imeud that the ■samtbe ptililished in due course .through jail our l>ominion^, and we c!<> .declare j to all,ow'loving subjects our vjll and,1 pleasure that upon exchange <s!f rati-! ficatiori thereof the said Treaty.ofPeace be ;mviolably, as Veil jjby sea as iff land ,'tjnd in all- places •.vhatsocyei 5 strictly charging a«d •etynmanding; all our loving subjects +o-±ake notice |]©reof, *nd to conforms ! •tjieviselvc3 her«itinto- ac^jjvling'ly. ';

tJiveii ai o«r Ocrart/at ©ndainglwun' iPalac© iiiis Ist day of J.uly, -in the; year of &ur Lord one -thousand nines dvundred and nineteen, and in the' tenth of ©-ur reign. God save the King! j

The following further telegram has; hem Teceived from the -Secretary txsf : State for the Colonies by -the'.Gover-; iwSr-JRenernE of Js ew Zealand; : A PKOCLA.MATION. ; , GEORGE mi. J Whereas it has pleased .Almighty: God ±o loiMtg to a close the Hate wide-, spread aad sanguinary war :n which vie -were .engaged against .Germany! smd iher allies, we, therefore, adoring, Divine Goodness and duly.considering; that :tihe gxeat and general blessiings; of peace dv vcall Jor public and solemn actn»AV.le4gmeat, . .have ithought <M; by and with the advice of our.Pnvyi Council t© issue this our royal ,Procla-, iiiatioh, feereby appointing and commanding that a general .thanksgiving: to Allmigfct>y God for these .His 'toaaii-, fold and great mercies lac observed throughout our Dominions ;on Sunday, the sixth day of July, and lor. the better and more devout, solemnisation iof d>he same ;we "have given directions "to our most reverend arch-, bipbops and right reverend bifehops of England t© /compose a ,iarm (of prayer suitaKleifo .ibis occasion, to be used in all churches and chapels, and.to take care ifor the dispersing of the tsasae throughout theirvrespect-; ive dioceses; and to the same end we do further advise and exhort the General Assembly of .flue Churjbh •of ScbtlanS and \all spiritual .-authorities and ministers »of religion in their; respective churches and -tSEher rplaces of public- worship throughout .<rar United Kingdom df -Great Britain and ''■ Ire-: land and an all, vqnarters -of our; Uon<inions;'bßyond |he Seas ;to tdke^part a'3''it ni^y■ properly ;behove them ta do in this . great and «common act; of vvxirship; ;and \w© do sinict^y r charge; and command that the s^id public day of tliairiksgiviiig 'b© •*religi©ufeiy <■ bb- - served 'by all as they • tender f avprof AlmigH-tgr 'God and "hjwe;-av sense of His benefits. , . •

Given at <our 'Court at3u'tkinghain P&lace this'firs;fc day »<Jf . in the year of o)ca* Lord one ■thousand nine hundred and nineteen arid in' the tonth year <of our .reign. > God Save^th© Kirig*!; ' ' : - : It is ihe 'wish of -His Majjesiy ;i that all parts <if the TEriipii-e sliould,: as far aS possible, 'Unite"mi dbseKving- the 6th of July as a day of thanksgiving. 11)6 reason 'for ifhe' alteration of. the datfel from tiiat is to approximate the day of general thahksgiyihg as nea-fly as to the date of 'the signature of peace with Germany.. r(Signed) "Milner.