ARMISTICE DAY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 69, 1 November 1928, Page 6

ARMISTICE DAY

EMPIRE OBSERVANCE. ARRANGEMENTS DETAILED. The Mayor (Mr J. W. McMillan) lias received the following circular from the Right Hon. the Prime Minister setting out the wishes of His Majesty the .King in regard to t'ho methods of commemoration of Armistice Day:—. The Whole Empire lias united smee the year 1918 in commemorating Armistice Day by a solemn silence of two minutes, beginning at the hour of eleven a.m. in each country, dominion, and dependency. His Majesty' (.has the wish thaij in this present year when Armistice Day falls on Sunc/ay, a service of comraemoiuticn shculu So held in thet churches, and tl.fo Government of New Zealand trusts that the several doiiomiiuitions (throughout Tfnid Dominion will agree to partly devote tlioir morning services on Sunday, November 11 to that object. If those services commenced as is usual at 11 a.m. it would be difficult to observe equally the precedent of silent commemoration at the same hour. For til it reason the special service atj Westminister Abbey, at) which the King will b© present, has been by Hi s Majesty’s desire appointed to commence at 10.43 a.m. During that service at the liour of 11 a.m. the solemn silence will be observed.

(The N(ew Zealand) Government trusts that the Dominion! chuteheri will agree to arrange that on Sunday, November 11, the morning Services shhll commence not later than 10.45 a.in., and that in the course of tlnls© sprvffcps tl(e several (congite-. gations may he invited to* rise at 11 a.m. and) silence he observed for two minutes.

In cities or borough's in which the trams are running on a. Sunday it is desired that the trams should stop for twci minutes at 11 a.m. The Govornihient trusts thujt all those who are unable to attend a church service on that date will, in accordance with the precedent lull owed since 1918, observe solemn silence for two minutes at 11 a.m. on that date.'