MELBOURNE CITY BLESSED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 197, 9 November 1934, Page 5

MELBOURNE CITY BLESSED

ANGLICAN ( ARCHBISHOP PERFORMS CEREMONY

! ■ ' Melbourne, Nov. 8, From'.the base of,, the -tower of •St Paul's Cathedral, 80 feet above the street, j Archbishop Head, • Anglican, blessed ths* •| city this morning. •; More than-3000 peoj pie gathered: in Swahstqn and Flinders' I Streets ■ with bowed heads as the archj bishop's voice rang clear from amplifiers' j above the roar of traffic. ■' ' x.'' ' j . The blessing was: "For all God's guidj ance," blessing and- protection of our i city and State in the first century of jour history we humbly' thank him and j His Holy Name." ' ■' - ■ '"'> '', - | The ceremony preceded the opening 'of | the Anglican Congress. Archbishop Head" j afterwards descended and gave" the''in-' j augural address in the cathedral. I "Cur task' is to see' that a Christian | Australia will serve God in the future I century," he said.

I . Addresses of goodwill were presented j at the chancel steps by Bishop West- ! Watson, of New Zealand, and Bishop j David, of Liverpool. j Preparations have been made for the j accommodation of 400,000 people at the j ceremony of dedication of the shrine of j remembrance en Sunday.' It is expected } 25,000 ex-soldiers will march in proces- ! sion. Thirty-two loud-speakers will be j distributed among the crowd to ensure | that all should,- hear the, proceedings.