ARMISTICE

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1919, Page 3

ARMISTICE

' fjQNDON CELEBRATIONS: (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 11. Flags on public buildings were half masted as the ‘'Last Post” sounded on the steps of the Royal Exchange. There was a great assemblage in Iron of the Mansion House. The staff sung •e Doxology. The staff of New Zealand House assembled in the main hall. Captain Donne read the King’s message. Two minutes silence followed. Sir Thos MacKenzie, a member of the Graves Commission attended the placing of a wreath by M. Poincaire on Whitehall CenotaphThere was no ceremony beyond the cessation of work observed at Australia house. Latex, immediately the maroons were fired, traffic subsided into a great silence. Pedestrians remained standing bareheaded through the solemn impressive interval. There wa s an enormous crowd at Whitehall round the cenotaph which was the Mecca of the day’s ceremonial- The base of the monument wa s surrounded with beautiful wreaths ‘ M. Poincaire, a few moments before eleven, placed a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph ( in the presence of members of the War Graves Tommittee and a guard of honour with arms revers-

A d Ho*i. Lloyd George, bareheaded, across from Downing Street, ' a nd also deposited a wreath inscribed “To our glorious dead.” Business in the Courts of justice was suspended arid' the Ughf lowered. F e Chisf Jusfice rising from fh o Bench, said— ” Let u$ stand ip memory of our glorious dead.”

FURTHER particulars. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) LONDON, November 11. ■Whitehall was impassable all day. There was an amazing crowd at the Cenotaph. Many bearing wreaths wer e compelled to pass the flowers over the tieads of those intervening. Lord Curzon, Lord Churchill, many Generals, Admirals and other notables K tood bareheaded besides the cenotaph - during l* 6 in t er V a J of silfmco / . a , frEty' thousand participated in Sal- ; v Jion Armyls simple service before th 0 the silence, the vast crowd > I 'st PauVa sang HO God our ?! and the National Anthem. Th e silence was impressively observed Australian headquarters Four bu- . nt of the main entrance pliers on ,1 ,©verybody haltS n Und nd stood to attention .until the buglers “all clear’* broke the silence.