ARMISTICE DAY

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3863, 27 October 1928, Page 2

ARMISTICE DAY

CEREMONY ON SUNDAY. OBSERVANCE IN DOMINION. Armistice Day will be observed throughout the Dominion on Sunday, November 11, and the nature of the memorial ceremony is detailed in the following circular addressed by the Prime Minister,' Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, to the Mayors throughout the Dominion: —“The whole Empire has united since the year 1918 in commemorating Armistice Day by a solemn silence of two minutes, beginning at the hour of 11 a.m. in each country, Dominion and dependency. His Majesty has expressed the wish that in this present year, when Armistice Day falls on Sunday, a service of commemoration should be held in the churches, and the Government of New Zealand trusts that the several denominations throughout the Dominion will agree partly to devote their morning services on Sunday, November 11, to that object. If those services commenced as is usual, at 11 a.m., it would be difficult to observe equally the precedent of silent commemoration at the same hour. For that reason, the special service at Westminster Abbey, at which the King will be present, has been, by His Majesty’s desire, appointed to commence at 10.45 a.m. During that service, at the hour of 11 a.m., the solemn silence will be observed. The New Zealand Government trusts that the Dominion churches will agree to arrange that on Sunday, November 11, the morning services shall commence not later than 10.45 a.m., and that, in the course of those services, the several congregations may be invited to rise at 11 a.m., and silence be observed for two minutes. In cities or boroughs in which the trams are running on a Sunday, it is desired that the trams should stop for two minutes at 11 a.m. The Government trusts that all those who are unable to attend a church service on that date will, in accordance with the precedent followed since 1918, observe solemn silence for two minutes at 11 a.m. on that date.”