PEACE CELEBRATIONS.
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. The following communication has been received by Dr 11. T. J. Thaeker, M.P., (Mayor of Christehurch) from the Hon. 6. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, with reference to the Peace Celebrations in the Dominion: "With reference to the desirability of sufficient notice being given to local bodies, as to the actual days on which the Peace Celebrations are to be held, I have now to inform you that Cabinet has decided that the celebrations willtake place on the second Sunday, Monday and Tuesday after the receipt in the Dominion of the official announcement of preliminary Peace having been signed. I have at the same time to state for your information that in the event of the Imperial Government deciding that the celebrations should not be held until the signing of official Peace or on some other dates than those above mentioned the Government will reconsider the matter, and if a change is determined on in the dates_for the celebrations due notification to the local bodies will be given."
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1641, 19 May 1919, Page 11
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173PEACE CELEBRATIONS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1641, 19 May 1919, Page 11
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