ARMISTICE DAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1924, Page 2

ARMISTICE DAY.

IUBTUAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAlU.'ii ASSOCIATION SYDNEY. November 11. The lily was hcllaggcd to-day in honour of Armistice Day. The usual two mi aides' silence, with a cessation of all traliie, was observed at eleven o’clock. A great gathering in Marlin I‘hne including the Covcrimr and his wife and naval, military and political heads, participated in an impressive ceremcny, eliding with the sounding of "The hast Post,” and ihe rehoisting of all the Hags which had been lowered in memory of the fallen. LONDON. November ll).

At to-morrow's Armistice pay function at the (Vnoiaph. Ltd!) soldiers, sailors and airmen will take part, with the King, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke ol York as the principal figures, in a demons! ration of national mourning. While workmen to-day were erecting the harriers, thousands of people moved slowly round the memorial, adding trihut.es to an evergrowing mound of (lowers oil the plinth. Crowds also visited Westminster Abbey, silently filing past the grave of the Warrior. Besides services at the Cenotaph and the Abbey to-morrow, there will he services in numerous < hurchcs in London. A silence will he observed throughout the country at eleven o'clock in the morning. the signal It I which in London will he given hv tin* tiring ol a g'lll in Hyde Pink simultaneously with the broadcasliog of llm first stroke of •• Big Item"

SKI! VICE AT (KNOTA I’ll. X(ix-< >IM E!: VK. BS SE YK 1! 11L Y HANDLED. LONDON. November 11. Armistice Day was celebrated in line weather. The great silent a was most imp essive. millions standing bareheaded for two minutes. All traliie ceased :■ ltd the crowd at tie- ( enotaph was a record, the packed mass extending from Trafalgar Square t;> the old palace yard. 'I lie warm sunshine, which is unusual for November, lit up and spla-heJ tbt* colours wherein tin* whin of the wreath and the reds of t' Flanders |.o|.j ies were prominent. Ihe Cenotaph .stood out it: the clear air and a rectangle of troop- and ox-sei-vito men with inasred hands <n the guards.

The Queen wat l lit d the ceremony from the window of the (loverument Office.

Popular indignation was manifested eh ally in two eases in Loudon wherein men did not observe the Armistice silence. One offender was noticed walking along the Strand hchuttcd while everyone el-c stood still and bareheaded. Everything was stationary but a- Soon a.s lie* trumpets announced the end t.f the silelire a rush was wide for the man who was severely handl'd before being rescued by tlu* polite.

In another < use near the Bank tf England the crowd in due course badly mauled .in offender who tank refuge in a shop which had to In* protected hy n cordon <>t*

COLOMBO, November 11. Armistice Day t elebiutioie; nassed off in the usual manner in Colombo except for the fact that two German vessels, the Ockenl’els and the Elmshom. in the harbour, refused to comply with the notice served on them l.v the port authorities to observe the two minutes’ silence.