THE TWO MINUTES SILENCE

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6612, 17 May 1928, Page 9

THE TWO MINUTES SILENCE

ORIGINATOR PROVES TO BE OLD PALMERSTON NORTH BOY.

‘‘Ex-Palmerstouian ” writes: Many of the older residents of Palmerston North, particularly those associated with newspaper work or local amateur theatricals, will doubtless remember the late Mr. Edward George Honey, onetime journalist on the staff of the ‘‘Manawatu Daily Times.” Mr. Honey was also a capable amateur actor and was a prominent member of the Palmerston North Players, appearing with great success as ‘‘Dick Phenyl” in

“Sweet Eavendar” in .1005 in the old Lyceum Theatre. Few New Zealanders know that Ik G. Honey was the creator of the two minutes' silence which is observed on Armistice Day throughout the British Empire. An English newspaper devoted considerable space last year to material supplied by Mr. W. Ik Hay ter Preston, who knew Mr. Honey before the latter’s death i.t 1022. The reason for the publicity was that Mr. Honey’s grave was marked by no stone on which could bo inscribed a reference to him as originator of two minutes’ silence. Mr. Honey, while he lived, showed no desire to be officially connected with the great silence, and the fact, that his original suggestion, which was adopted, was made in one of the leading daily newspapers, under an assumed name, was characteristic of the man.