BIG BEN SILENT MINUTE
APPRECIATION FROM BRITAIN RECOGNITION IN HOUSE (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) Wellington, This Day. The decision by the New Zealand Parliament to observe the minute's silence as Big Ben strikes the hour at 9 p.m. has evoked a warm message of appreciation from England. This has been received by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (the Hon. W. E. Barnard) from Sir Waldron Smithers, member of the House of Commons and chairman of the Big Ben Council, and Mr Wellesley Tudor Pole, founder of the Big Ben movement in Britain. The message stated: “We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude for the inspiring lead given by your House on the historic inauguration of the Big Ben silent minute. It is much appreciated by my fellow members in the House of Commons. Warm greetings from the Big Hen Council.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 7 August 1941, Page 4
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142BIG BEN SILENT MINUTE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 7 August 1941, Page 4
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