PEACE CELEBRATIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 240, 4 July 1919, Page 6

PEACE CELEBRATIONS

OLD PROGRAMME CANCELLED. Sir James Allen has received information that Iho peace celebrations throughout the Empire are to bo held hi July in, a Saturday, and New Zealand will observe tho sumo day. The old progrnniniG foi three dnys of celebrations lias therefore , been abandoned. In «c----cordance with !he Proclamation of His •Majesty tin: King, special services of thanksgiving are to be held in all churches next Sunday. MEETING TO-DAY. In connection with the changing of the dates for tho celebration of peace, a meeting of the Peaco Committee will bo hold in Mr. Robert Parker's room at the Djistol Piano Company's warehouse, at !Uf> a.m. to-day, to make arrangements for the thanksgiving' service to be held on Sunday afternoon. So far there has been 1.0 lime to arrange details, but it is hoped that the service can be arranged to-day, in which case full particulars will bo announced in to-mor-row's Dominion , . As to the later date, July 19, which tho British authorities have jumped to, after arranging throughout the Empire for August 3, •(, and 5, the committee has not yet had time to consider what it will do. ARRANGEMENTS Ttf CHRIS'iCHUIICn. 3y XelcKrauh-—l'roM Association. Christchurch, July 3. SZ a meeting of the Programme Committee to-night in connection with the local peaco celebrations it was decided to hold a special thanksgiving service on Sunday next, but that all other thanksRiving services for which special preparations are being made be held on July •20. It was agreed that the original arrangements for a three days' programme bo adhered to. AUSTRALIA'S PEACE CELEBRATIONS. Melbourne, July 3. Mr. W. A. Watt (Acting-Prime Minister) announced that July 6 would be proclaimed a day of thanksgiving for peace, ;ind the peace celebrations would be held on July W.-Press Assn.