PEACE CELEBRATIONS.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW
ZEALAND
_ WELLINGTON, April 25. Sir James Allen states that the Government has been in communication with the Imperial Government to ask whether they would say if the celebrations were to take place on the signing of the preliinary Peace or on the final Peace. “We have been unable to get an answer,’’ he said, “so we have had to decide for ourselves. Cabinet has come to the conclusion that the celebrations should take place on the signing of the preliminary Peace. As this may take place at any time those local authorities who desire to carry out Peace celebration are warned that they should make their preparations without delay. The Minister of Internal Affairs has been asked to circulate this information to local bodies. As soon as we get official intimation of the signing of the preliminary Peace we will notify the public. I hope the people will not accept anything but the official information from the Government.”
STATEMENT BY lION. G. W RUSSELL.
Referring last night to Sir James Allen’s announcement that the Government has definitely decided that the Peace celebrations were to take place, at the sighing of the preliminary peace the Hon. G. W. Russell stated that several efforts had been made by the Government of New Zealand to obtain the direct instruction of the Imperial Government as to when the Peace celebrations were to take place, in order that the Dominion might be in line with the rest of the Empire, but, as the Acting-Prime Minister had stated no answer being received the celebrations would take place at the preliminary instead of waiting for the final act to the drama. Instructions had been sent to the Internal Affairs Department, Mr Russell added, that all the local authorities wore to be notified at once of the decision so that they might prepare for celebrations at an early date. The Government had resolved t 0 validate next session any expenditure that might be made by local bodies on Peace celebrations. The law of last, session was somewhat defective in that it provided only for validating contributions made for peace celebrations. The local bodies, however, had been informed that they might spend their money directly on. Peace Celebrations instead of indfrdetly>
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1919, Page 4
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