ANZAC DAY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18163, 27 April 1921, Page 5

ANZAC DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IN ENGLAND. | Received April 26, 5.5 p.m. I LONDON, April 26. | The Australian States’ Red Croat . Society, the Australian Soldiers’ iClub and soldiers’ relatives, put wreaths on the cenotaph on Anzao jVv. Canon Wise, of South Austra)** 0 ’ conducted service at St. Clem-i Danes, in the Strand. A cro ,wded congregation included Sir Hamilton, General Godley, Com:xnonVf altll State officials, many’ AustraliaSL 6o!<liers and relatives of sol-, diers’ wL lves ’ The c|i non s address was based, on the text XPy Love Serve One An-! other ” TfK erp WPre > he said, two . outstanding\ reasons wl *y thp Australasians rea poudfd to the Empire’s call: Firstly \ love °* adventure, which is an’ Australian characteristic inherited A IOIU H>e pioneers and explorers Th A second was an intense personal lo ™ ° r England, which was greatly, Royalty. Ths congregation stootl. w J lile organist played ChopinV lunerai March and the Hallelujah! Chorus. Sir James Allenl pl “ c ? d „ a T T “ ,h on the Cenotaph hehalt of New Zealanders. ‘i THE ANZAC PlLl»«|i“ ACE - The annual pilgrimaged^.* o *jtf— United Kingdom cemeteries xßWhfirried out on an extensive scale. Mr.. Sharp, the organiser of the pilgrimage, received many touching letters from correspondents who undertook to tend the graves regularly. Flowers were placed on seventyfour graves at Cannock Chase. Smith, on behalf of himself and' the Australian cricket team, placed a wreath on the Cenotaph inscribed “In grateful remembrance of those who died that we might live.’’ ADA REEVE'S MESSAGE. (Per Press Association.} WELLINGTON, April 26. Miss Ada Reeve, who contributed largely to the entertainment of New Zealanders in France and England, cabled the general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ As- « sociation: “Am with you in thought and spirit this Anzac Day.”