ARMISTICE DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 816, 9 November 1929, Page 1

ARMISTICE DAY

AUCKLAND OBSERVANCE MONDAY’S SILENT MINUTES Armistice Day will be observed In Xew 2 «alanc a s in other parts of the Empire on Monday.

A gun will be fired in Albert Park at a.m. fo signal the commencement of the customary two minutes’ silence. Another gun will mark the termination the silence.

A letter detailing the arrangements r ° made for the observance of Armistice Day in conformity with the fishes of his Majesty the King, has een sent by the Prime Minister, Sir °seph Ward, to all the local bodies. t states that the Governor-General ‘•jj’ reCe * Ve<3 tiie following telegram: ha 3 a PP roved °f arrangetry 13 f° r the observance in this counber. Armistice Day, Novemveap on the same lines as in previous Will k ? ame (a) A short service aeld at the Cenotaph on the W Adopted in previous years, includAges p by,™ ll ’ “° God. Our Help in wni k ast * (b) two minutes’ silence authnr e *«° bserved at 11 a - m * Local to a ' llles * n this country will be asked v ehionf nge for the suspension of all 11 f° r two minutes from Win «!’ . aut rail and water transport s‘ be suspended.” morrrnif , Sc ' rvices are being held toOn \r * n man y Auckland churches. Armi»ti ay m orning there will be an ChSrch service in St. Matthew’s C*? Pitt Street Methodist Church Win " ow , evening the Rev. W. Walker and i*v Ga , 071 “ The League of Nations d World Peace.” Day will be celebrated todiera’ <a • the Gtahuhu Returned SolThe ai Club with a church parade. moniiTYx Ui ’ ned roen will parade at the at 2.30 p.m., and march to B *rvw «,y y Church, where a special presinl Wla he conducted by the club’s Scout* V, * he Hev - C. B. W. Seton. al 80 ’ Guides and Territorials will hie oi.m- e .’ an<3 a large attendance of vuduc is expected, A