To-morrow’s Ceremony

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 10

To-morrow’s Ceremony

»■ ■"■■■ — 1 9 Simplicity will be the keynote of to-morrow’s ceremony. The comrades of the men 'whose memory is enshrined in the beautiful .statue desired it so, and those in charge of the arrangements agreed. S 3 33 35 •• .O' • • . The Prime Minister, himself a comrade of the men who fell, will he the chief speaker, and at his touch the Imperial flags enshrouding the monument will fall away, revealing for, the first time to. the gaze of the beholders the people’s tribute in its completed beauty. is,:, 'M - ~ii ».; ••••■•• - ... . As chairman of the Memorial the Mayor (Mr. F, J. Nathan) will speak a few introductory remarks, and the member for the district, Mr. J. ArNtLsh, M.P., will also speak. ' is a i: :t :: 1- : 1 i The order of ceremony will be as follows: ’■ ■ . • 1 ( National Anthems * Palmerston North Municipal Band Hymn—“ 0 God Our Help in Ages Past" ■ 1 r 1 Caiyn Fancourt Prayer -------- - - - - Rev. J. Milbum Stewart Address - - Mr. F. J' Nathan (Chairman of the Memorial Committee) Address -•- -i-----*--*' l Mr. J: A- Nash, M.P. Hymn—Kipling’s "Recessional" -■••*- - 1 R« v * Milbum Stewart Address - ------ -- - -■- THE PRIME MINISTER The memorial will then be Unveiled Hymn—" Abide with Me" Rev * T * Pcat Benediction; Rev. H. T. Peat -' Vi: ■■■■■ . : ;■ ■ I'rvi 1 "LAST POST*- , ( : ,v ' Placing ol Wreaths at Poet of Memorial ' ■*’ . ■ . >' , : •’ r ' • - , ...