SERVICES AT SYDNEY

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 5

SERVICES AT SYDNEY

ARMISTICE COMMEMORATED. GRENADIER GUARDS BAND PLAYS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 11. Armistice Day services were held throughout; the day in the city and suburbs. The main service at the cenotaph in the morning was attended by a huge crowd, those present including the Governor, Lord Gane, the Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, representatives of the State and Federal Parliaments, denominational heads and representatives of naval, military and air forces. An impressive feature of the service was the playing of ceremonial music by the band of the Grenadier Guards. “THE MOST WELCOME SILENCE.” HIDEOUS MONSTROSITY OF WAR. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Armistice Day was marked at . Wellington by a special open-air service at the Basin Reserve, after which returned men 500 strong marched through the city streets to the citizens’ war memorial, where a wreath of remembrance was laid. „ _ , , Addressing the men, Canon Percival James said: “The day commemorates the most welcome silence that ever fell upon this earth, when after four years of mechanical massacre and chemical annihilation the Great War, which in its hideous monstrosity had dwarfed all wars of history, as suddenly as it had begun came to an end and there fell a great hush over the long-drawn battle line.” Special Armistice Day services were held in all the city churches. Mr. W. Nash, M.P., gave an address at a citizens’ Armistice service at the Wesley Methodist Church. The Ist Battalion Wellington Regiment paraded at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral and held a reunion last night.