HONORING THE DEAD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 7

HONORING THE DEAD

CUSTOM AT CENOTAPH (Special to the Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day. The necessity for giving a lead to the public in showing respect for the dead when near the Cenotaph and Court of Honor at the War Memorial Museum was urged at .a meeting of the Auckland provincial roll of honor committee;

“I am not at all happy about the Cenotaph and the Court of Honor,” said the chairman, Air. A. C. Sexton. “Should wo not set out what we expect the public to do to show their 'respect; for the dead?” Sir George Richardson said no strict uniformity should be insisted upon. It was natural for a man when passing the Cenotaph to raise his hat, replacing it after passing it. . It was stated that profound respect was always shown at the Cenotaph in London. Visitors had noticed particularly that passers-by, even in vehicles, raised their hats in silent tribute.

A suggestion that school children should be taught by their teachers to respect the Cenotaph was made by Mr. C. E. Major. He said children had been seen playing round the Cenotaph, and on the previous evening a number had been playing cricket, with the Cenotaph as the wickets. It was decided to approach the Auckland Education Board requesting that instructions should be issued to teachers to inform children of the meaning of the Cenotaph.