ARMISTICE DAY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2202, 13 November 1920, Page 3

ARMISTICE DAY.

RESOLUTION OF LOYALTY.

Al (wo minutes before 11 o’clock; on Thursday members of the House of Representatives, at the request of the Prime Minister, stood, and remained standing in silence until 11 o’clock.

The Prime Minister then proposed (he following motion: “On this Die second annivers-

ary of Armistice Day, andjii tho (dose of the first session of Die 2(lth Parliament, we, the members of the House of RcpresenlaDves, desire lo record, on behalf of Dupeople of Ncav /.calami, (hat (Isloyally of Die Dominion to (he King, to the Urilish Empire, of which we proudly form a pari, and to it- constitution which % -1 guarantees our Irocdom, tv mams as steadfast in Dos lime of peace as it did throughout. Die long years of war.

“And we desire also to record our earnest hope that during this difficult period of recon-tmet ion our fellow subjects in every country under Die British .Mag- may sink all sectional difference.-; and unite for the continued maintenance <>f ihe integrity of the Empire, the promotion of its commercial and industrial prosperity, and (he welfare and happiness ol i s

peoples.’’ Tim Prime .Minister .-aid Dial courage, loyally and determination w;re just as necessary now m litis difficult period of reconstruction, which, history (old (hem, invariably followed a great Avar, as when our .soldiers were lighting for our national existence.

Mr T. K. Side.y (Dunedin South) in the absence of the Leader of the. Opposition, seconded, the motion.. It wond find an echo, he said, not only in Die hearty approval of every member, but throughout the coun•irv.

The motion was carried