DAY OF PRAYER
LOCAL ARRANGEME N TS SUGGESTED Wellington, This Day. Discussing the observance of the National Day of Prayer on 3rd September, Mr Sullivan, Acting-Prime Minister, said that New Zealand conditions were so different from those in the United Kingdom as to make it impracticable to arrange quite the same observance It had been decided: (1) to invite all religious denominations themselves to hold appropriate services in their own churches at suitable times: (2) in each centre of population the Government would be glad if the civic and church authorities would combine and hold a public service to enable the people generally to observe the day. The Government felt that the fixing of a suitable time was a matter that must be left to local discretion. However due regard should be paid to the desirability of as little interruption as practicable with the working day. Provision was also being made for its observance by the armed services.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 2
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158DAY OF PRAYER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 2
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