ANZAC DAY
SOFTENING ITS SORROW.
SIMPLE CEREMONY FAVOURED.
(Per United Press Association.)
Wellington, April 18
The suggestion made by the GovernorGeneral in regard to the observance of Anzac Day was generally endorsed by representative citizens and representatives of the church who were interviewed to-day. The Governor-General’s remarks were heartily endorsed by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. T. M. Wilford), who said: “I believe Anzac Day should be marked by the highest possible ceremony, every moment of which must bring to the surface memories of those who have made the supreme sacrifice. I have felt when addressing large concourses of people on Anzac Day that the occasion should be made one by which we could cushion the touch of sorrow which is so near to those who have lost their brave boys. The Cenotaph in Whitehall is an everlasting reminder of the tributes paid in the ghastly holocaust of war, but it is also a silent tribute and in that way a most effective one. If I had my way I would have no more than a hymn, prayer and few words of hope broadcast to people on Anzac Day.”
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Southland Times, Issue 20663, 19 April 1929, Page 8
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190ANZAC DAY Southland Times, Issue 20663, 19 April 1929, Page 8
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