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CAPETOWN'S ACT OF HOMAGE. British Official Wireless. (Reed. 2 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 19. i A' traveller who has just returned from South Africa, in a letter to the "Manchester , - Guardian," tells of his experience in. Capetown, where sirens are eounded to call citizens to an act of homage. At noon, daily "they observe two minutes' silence. A siren sounds and everybody and everything at once is still. Motor lorries, vans and bicycles draw up just where they are. ■ "A Malay.woman with a large bundle of washing on her head stops in the act of crossing the street. A youth hurrying to get across the street is suddenly brought to attention. Every man's hat is doffed and. busy shoppers stand, with, heads bowed, and then the 'Last Post' is sounded. "During the two minutes people pray silently for our sailors, airmen and soldiers, for England and freedom. After the whole city becomes alive in a moment."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 224, 20 September 1940, Page 8
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157DAILY OBSERVANCE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 224, 20 September 1940, Page 8
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