SERVICE OF INTERCESSION

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13329, 31 July 1915, Page 3

SERVICE OF INTERCESSION

• AEMNGEMENTS FOE NEXT ■ ' " WEDNESDAY. ~ V .| I It is - fitting' Unit fiiieb - ; a united jreligious service as is being arranged by ' the: Oiuuant 'Ministers' 1 ' Association should be held on flic anniversary of [ tlit 1, declaration'of war, which is Wcd- , ncsdify. next, August ! itL The "'service , willlbc held aI 8. o'clock iii the evening jin the Opera House.-The chief public bodies arc being invited including (ho [ Patriotic Committee and. a large and. ■ representative., gathering; is expected; A special selection of suitable, hymns and, music is being prepared ami the ' town 'band is to lead the singing and play a selection •while the collection is being made. The collection will', bo do? voted to the Sick and ■AVouu'detkSoldicijs' Fund, V,,-- ; t. ■ ___." .5,'.' .„;/,. • THE VOICE OF THE EMPIRE. . ' ''INFLEXIBLE DETERMINATION 10 CONTINUE " Lait e\eniiig his AVoiship the i\la\oi (ill W JI Tilth) lccened the follow jng tclcginm iiom the Jtt Hon W F ■ M.isscv, Pi line Ministci "The Government has iccencd juo quest th.it New Zealand should loop ciatc in giving effect to the pioposjl tint flu the 4th August ne\t, being the .iniineisan of the outbieak of thq Hal between England and Germany, all parts oi the Bntish Lmpiie should join in demoiisti.|t!iig it*» l1111011 an d dc tciimnation 'An identical lesolnhoii will be pioposed to public meetings hclif on that dav thioughont deal Biitain, and its dependencies'and the Government unites voui Woislnp to coiiunc .i public- meeting to lie held in join boiough on the 4th of August, and to piopobc to shell meeting the lesolic tion which is in the following tonus.— "That on this annneisaiv" ot the "dcilaiation ot a nghteous wai this "mooting of the bmgesses ot Oam "am lccoiils its inflexible dcteimina "tion to continue to a mtouous "tiid the stiuggle in maintenance "ot those ideils of Liberty and Jus "tite which aie the common 1 and "suicd cause ot the Allies " It has Ijlui suggested that the above lcsoiutiou should be submitted at the Opeia House pnoi to the com imntcmi-ut of the Senue of Intcites sum. I'BIME MINISTEft'S ACTION, (Ptr Freii Aifooistion) WELLINGTON, Juh 30 Tim Pi mic Mimstfii leeently cbmmunieated with the. heads of all tlic u'iioim lcligious dcifTiminiitions in New Zea land, suggesting that following the ex ample lh.it has bncnVbot In Giiut But am, August nth bo set ,ip.ut in the vai ions chinelics as a day of niteicossiou on account of the X\,u, and tho -scnoiib uibis though the Empno is passing,Jli Massey hai ulieady lccoivcd ic pies floin most of the denominations, qim casing hearty' ronpunonce in the suggestion, and staling UiaiV 1 the i-huitlfts will att in the dneclion jn' dicatfd ' fa .»—|.1... -Li" I- ...■■i.ii.ui........... K RMARKABI^OTO]JY. r A.jraS! ""■ 'ipfA <snd, 'JU|, and filh places Tourist Trophy Ityco, recently Isle oJ! Man'—Agents for North Otagi), Federal Cycle Co/ ; . * ( >yi' 6