ARMISTICE DAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1923, Page 3

ARMISTICE DAY.

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.2. CAUI.K ASaOt'IATION. SERVICES IN LONDON. LONDON, Nov. 11. (treat crowds attended i in* mol liing SC'lwloe at Westminster Abbe, ill erlebration ~l A.rmistiee Day. iiuTuding Their Maioslics Ihe King and (,lueen. naval and military heads. Cabinet .Ministers, members of Parliament', over eas Premier,, Alinislt-rs and High Commissioners. After the two niinittes silence t!i - singing of "O God Our Help in A;:e.s 1 1 ;i' 1 and a short senium ihe pr a cs>ion, headed h.v Tlu-ir A! a ies ii, ■., filed "a-t the grave of tin unknown warrior. where four guardsmen were pnsieil. The singing of 1 !*e Becessional. the s.mmimg of the j Reveille Ly the buglers and the An | them cln-ed a most, imjire-sire ,-i-r- ---[ , lee. j The Plinee I f AVal-'s „as ihe eeiitrai I figure at the serviie al the Ccnolajib j til W h'UTudl v.Jier, bo deposited a i wreath. Mass, d bands played -acred j muse . Afier tl e noriod of sib-nee j and the singing oi’ "O (tod Our Help lin Ages Pas!.” the vast crowds filed ; pasi ihe Cenotaph. | Other big demonstrations took place | in the iitternoon in Tnifnlgar Square, | ami Hyde Park and then- were special I observances in the churches cveryw here. Contrast,'-; in London. LONDON. Novell, bet 12. One hundred thousand passed the ( enolanli alter darkness nil Suudav. mostly women wearing medals of fallen loved ones. They dropped llowers, and then went to the Abbey fusee the tomb of tin* I'ukuov.ii Soldier. The Abbey was specially kept. open, and was a beautiful spectacle. The choir fbmdeT the Abbey light music of t laevening servile, while the moiiiners in the dimly-lighted uau- fd.nl ja-i the tomb. Tin-re were mini moving incidents. On,- aged con; le approa he,l Die Cenotaph, the Ilian, with belli shoulders. line tin- v.iie. v.kili bad erect and with live medals on her brea-t. marched v-ilh glorious pride written on iu-r features. At |be p! yI! 1 1 1 . how eve: . she was uven-'iai* with bri'f. dropped her iltiH el s', t'ltd we) ; bill erly. Alim >s 1 a lainfi;! i-ouiia-t were the diutiets am! d :nee- Itch! al great West End hotels, where the rejoicing lasted t:i| two o'clock on .Monday mottling. ’i’.'o crowd.- ; ii Trafalgar Square, ill e .i'i] arisen with lim e at Whitehall, were aU: be.gi on rejoicing over peace, j ruber Da'll on so i row for tin* fallen. •Similar impressive gating ings in iiieniery of the dead were ite'd I!i rough,nit Dm provime . im Inding St. Oeorn'-’s Hal!. 1 *|.iJ<*:i''. Liverpool, anil Men at Cre-s Edinhurgli, which served as a -Trine, lending tie building nf a w nil men.*e in!. (Inn- Loan psimhurgh Cast',’j iiiin mileed the hegintliag nf Die two-j minutes silence.