WAR ANNIVERSARY
CITIZENS' MEETING TO BE HELD. /His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) has received a circular letter from the Prime Minister, requesting him to cull' 11 meeting of citizens for Friday evening of nc.vt week in connection will) tho second anniversary of the outbreak of war. The letter reads as follows:— "Sir— Ou behalf of the Government of this Dominion I have the honour to request that ou Friday, August 4 next, the second anniversary of the declaration of war with' Germany, you will call a. meeting of the citizens of your city, and submit to that meeting the" attached resolution of determination to commie the war to a victorious end. The samo resolution of. determination to continue meetings throughout the rest of the Empire: , "At this stage, when the struggle is 'Approaching, its crisis, 1 need not elaborate to you' the necessity for ■ he whole of the King's Dominions presenting a united front. Sufficient to say that the passing of the resolution by meetings held in every city, borough, county, town district, and road district in this Dominion will indicate that New Zealand, whose sons have, since the first anniversary, been given tho opportunity they so eagerly craved of taking their place with our Allies in the main theatre of war, is at ono with the 'other units of the Empire in the determination to maintain those ideals of liberty and justice, which, as the resolution truly states, are the common and sacred'causes of the Allies. "I shall bo glad if, on August 5, you will telegraph to me the fact of the meeting having been held on the previous day, and of the resolution having been carried." Copies of this letter have been sent to the heads of local bodies throughout New Zealand.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2834, 27 July 1916, Page 3
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298WAR ANNIVERSARY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2834, 27 July 1916, Page 3
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