ARMISTICE DAY.
RED I’OITY AS EMBLEM
(Sydney I’apcr). The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League decided at ti*c Federa Congree to adopt the red poppy as sm emblem to l>e worn on Armistice . Day On Armistice day. Vovombe- ' 11 tli. next, puppies will he ottered ' for Side throughout the Commonwealth • "The poppies," said Mr I ipscom ' SCI ivturv of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers’ Imperial ‘League, "will not j. be ordinary garden poppies, but will Ik , artificial flowers made by the women and children of devastated France and a representative of the French comnmtee which controls the manufacture of these poppies is at present in Melbourne completing negotiations for a supply to be available. Ihe movement of recognising the poppy of Flanders as a memorial flower to be worn on d.1 mist ice Day is supported by fill Allied countries.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 3
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140ARMISTICE DAY. Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 3
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