ARMISTICE DAY.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XLV, Issue 23, 9 November 1923, Page 3

ARMISTICE DAY.

SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION. HIS MAJESTY’S WISH. His Worship the Mayor, Mr H. M Rathbone, lias received the following communication from Sir F. D. Bell in reference to the observance ol Armistice Day on Sunday next: — The whole Empire has unitec since the year 1918 in commemorating Armistice Day by a solemr silence of two minutes, beginning at the hour of eleven a.m. in each country, dominion, and depend ency. His Majesty has expressed the wish that in this present year when Armistice Day falls oil Sunday, a service of commemoratior should be held in the churches and the Government of New Zealand trusts that the several denominations throughout the Dominion will agree to partly devote their morning services on Sunday, the 11th November, to that object If -those services commenced, as is usual, at 11 a.m. it would be difficult to observe equally the precedent of silent commemoration at the same hour. For that reason the special service at Westminster Abbey at which the King will be present, has been by His Majesty’s desire appointed to commence at 10.45 a.m. During that service at the hour of 11 a.m. the Solemn silence will be observed. The New Zealand Government trusts that the Dominion churches will agree to arrange that on Sunday, the 11th November, the morning services shall commence not later than 10.45, and that in the course of those services the several congregations may be invited tc rise at 11 a.m. and silence be observed for two minutes. In cities or boroughs in which the trams are running on a Sunday it is desired that the trams should stop for two minutes at 11 a.m. The Government trusts that all those who are unable to attend a church service on that date will, in accordance with the precedent followed since 1918, observe solemn silence for two minutes at 11 a.m. on that date. In compliance with the terms of His Majesty’s wish, the morning services in all the local churches will commence at 10.45 a.m., to permit of the interval for silence to be observed after the opening devotional exercises. THE TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE. (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This day. Mr Page has appealed for a twe minutes’ silence at 11 o’clock on Sunday morning throughout the Commonwealth in memory of fallen soldiers. —(A. & N.Z.)