TODIES TO FALLEN

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 42, 13 November 1926, Page 9

TODIES TO FALLEN

ARMISTICE DAY IN BRITAIN DENSE CROWD AT THE CENOTAPH NEW ZEALAND WREATHS Dense crowds passed the Cenotaph at Whitehall, London, on Armistice Day, and during the two minutes’ silence not a sound was heard, the whole of the city standing still. By Telegraph.—Press association. Copyright. London, November H. His Majesty the .King, standing in front of the Cenotaph, with the Princes, and behind him the Ministers and Dominion statesmen, all bareheaded, gathered round and led the solemn silence, lasting two minutes, throughout England; The whole of London stood stijl, and there was not a sound. Even the engines of the buses stopped. It was/ perhaps, the greatest silence vet observed. From dawn onward pilgrims wended their way to the Cenotaph. When the silence fell the Cenotaph was literally hidden in wreaths, while Whitehall and the approaches thereto were thronged with a dense mass. A few moments before Big Ben chimed the members of the Royal Family laid wreaths of laurel and poppies, followed bv the Dominion Prime Ministers. : The Queen and the other Royal ladies viewed the solemn scene from the window of the Home Office.. Mr. Coates placed a wreath inscribed: “In reverent memory from the Government and people of New Zealand?’ ' The High Commissioner I Sir James Parr) went to the Unknown Warrior’s grave in Westminster Abbdy and deposited a wreath inscribed: “The Government and people of New Zealand render homage -to the Unknown Soldier.” . _ | (Rec. November 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 12. Crowds continued to pass the Cenotaph, despite' the heavy, rain, tn unending streams; They w . ere thronging Whitehall at' midnight. NOTE OF DOMINION SORROW WREATHS ON UNKNOWN • SOLDIER’S GRAVE London, November 11. Perhaps the note of Dominion sorrow was struck even more surely at Westminster Abbey than at Whitehall. • - • While the choir was singing the “Dirge ( to the Faithful Departed” the black-coated High • Commissioners advanced .to the grave of the Unknown Soldier, the representatives of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand .filing on one side, and those of South Africa, India, the Irish Free State, and Newfoundland on the other. •When.the High Cpmmissioners had placed their tributes from the Dominions the wreaths framed the grave with a border, of bronze, gold, and green leaves and flowers. A pilgrimage of mourners then began, lasting all day, men, women, and children mostly, throwing poppies. MAORI FOOTBALLERS’ TRIBUTES London, November 11. The Maori footballers attended the Welsh regiments’ Armistice service at Cardiff Barracks. . Barclay, Gemmell, and Haupa'pa, who served m the New Zealand Pioneers in war time, and also Parafa, Bell, and the Rev; Matene, laid a wreath on the monument to the fallen. Farata prior to' yesterday s match wreathed a memorial'.on tne Bristol ground. '; ' ’ ; . 5 OBSERVANCES IN UNITED STATES J TRAFFIC IN CITIES STOPPED (Rec. November 12/5.5 p.m.) New York, November 11. The United States honoured the War Dead by suspending business for tv,o minutes at; 11 o’clock on Armistice anniversary. Traffic stopped in the great cities throughout the co y nt U > including both surface trams and subways. Power was turned off, and an lights and machinery stopped ,telegraphs and telephones closed. Presiden Coolidge’s representative wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Washington. MEMORIAL TO BRITISH MILLION DEAD UNVEILED IN FRANCE (Rec. November 12, 7.20 p.m.) . Paris, November 11The British memorial to the British dead was unveiled in tne Cathedral of St. Waudru, ne-ar the spot where the “Old Contemptibles; first withstood the enemy. General Macrea y unveiled the memorial, which was surmounted by the arms of Britainan the Dominions A stirring ac ' dres .® Monsignor Decrey, recalling the he - ism of the “Old Contemptibles, re duced many of -lie congregation to tears.