ANZAC ANNIVERSARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20235, 20 April 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

ANZAC ANNIVERSARY.

Next week on Thursday, April 25, we shall commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of Anzac Day. Every boy and girl in No. Zealand knows win; An.zac Day stands for in the history of our country and in the hearts of its people. There will bo services commemoration in all our cities 011 Thursday, and special referenced to this sacred day will 110 doubt bo made in tho schnls during the week. Anzac Day cannot bo commemorated m tho,country districts with the samo solemn observance as in the towns, but there i ono way in which u great many boys and girls can pay their tribute to tho men of Anzac; in country districts whore there are Soldiers' Memorials, they can carry Flowers of Remembranco to these momor'p'" *'d lay them there in memory of tho dead. . . . Many schools will no doubt include this ceremony in their Anzac Day observance; others may not. so I put forward tho idea in the hope that it may bo adopted by some of our boys and girls, and that they will write and tell mo of the observance. Wo will have a special Commemoration Pago for Anzac Day, next Saturday; although no competitions have been announced, several items have been sent, in by members for an Anzac Page, and it is fitting that we should pay the tribute of a special p a g° to the most solemn anniversary in tho history of our counti}.

" HOW I SPENT ANZAC DAY." Tho commemoration of Anzac Day in a few years' timo will rest, with tho boys and girls of to-day. What does Anzac mean to them now? Is tno memory of tho men who died —one 111 every four of tho New Zealand lads who fought on Gallipoli—a real and vital inspiration to the children of Now Zealand to-dav, and will they " hold high the torch " when a few moro years have sped? . ' , i • . ]t would be interesting to know just how our boys and girls themselves are regarding Anzac Day, whether as a holy day," or simply as a holiday. A competition is now open to members ot ( Boys and Girls," from eight to 16. How I spent An.zac Day." I'our specially-selected book prizes will bo awarded, for boys and girls over 12, and those under 12. Closing dato May 4.