ARMISTICE DAY
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES.
SILENCE OR TWO MINUTES.
The whole Empire hap united since tfie year 1918 in commemorating Armistice Day by a solemn silence of two minutes, beginning at the hour of 11 a.tn. in each country, dominion, and dependency. His Majesty, eta ted the Acting-Prime Minister (Sir Francis Bell) to a ‘‘'Times” representative yesterday, has expressed the wish that in this present year, when Armistice Day falls on Sunday, a service of commemoration sfiould be held in the churches, aiid the Government of flew Zealand trusts that the severs) denominations throughout the D°Wnion will agree to partly devote their morning services on Sunday, November ii£h, to that, object-
If those services commenced, as is usual, at ll a-m,, it. would be difficult to übsevve equally the precedent of silent commemoration at the SfMne hour- Eor that reason, the special service at Westminster Abbey, at which the King "ill be present, has been, by His Majesty’s desire, appointed to commence at 10.45 a.m. During that service, at the hour of 11 a.m. the solemn eilence will be observed.
The New Zealand Government trusts that the Dominion churches will agree to arrange that on Sunday, November 11th, the morning services shall commence not later than 10.45, and that in the course of thoso services the several congregations may be invited to rise at 11 a.m. and silence be observed for two minutes.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11663, 30 October 1923, Page 5
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233ARMISTICE DAY New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11663, 30 October 1923, Page 5
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