EMPIRE DAY.
'AUSTRALASIAN SERVICE. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.». Cable A«an Received 1115 p.m., June Ist. LONDON, May 30. An outstanding Australian and New Zealand function in London oil Empire Day was a Memorial Service for the dominions' dead in Westminster Abbey at noon on Saturday. A thousand dominion troops, of whom 350 were Australians and 100 New Zealanders, were present. The rest of the A'obey was reserved for relations, of whom there were 500 Australians and 250 New Zealanders. When the King and Queen had taken their seats the service commenced with the hymn "Through all the changing scenes" The Lesson was Isaiah Ixi, followed by Parry's "I was glad."
The Archbishop of Canterbury in an address said that for the first time in history the whole Emniro was athrob with one eager prayerful purpose, one unshakeable resolve, to prevent a great Alrendv the dominions hn/1 a share in the glorious history AmKodied in tho Ftones of the Abbev. but. now tliev had made their own history. For centuries to come men will toll 0 f the indomitable prowess and sexless devotion of the Australians New- Zealanrlers. and other dominion soldiers on Gallirnli on Vimy Ridge, and at Villpr= Brptonneux.
'Hie servirv closed with Kinling'« "T>eces=ional," tho "Last Post," and "Reveille."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 1682, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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216EMPIRE DAY. Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 1682, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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