ANZAC DAY.

Shannon News, 28 April 1925, Page 2

ANZAC DAY.

THE EVENING SERVICE. The Century Hail was well filled yii Anzac Night when a public service in celebration of the occasion was held. „ , . ..., r The president of the R.b.A., Mi O. D Hamilton, gave an address on the true meaning of the Day. He said the soldiers di dnot want to be reminded of what took place that day. They could never forget it. They did not want their memories harrowed by' the sad happenings of the past. They wanted to make it a day i>i consecration to -make their lives better as they remembered the fallen. Neither wa.s it a day oif sentimentality for that got them nowhere, me true meaning of Anzac was sacrifice in life just as their comrades had made the great sacrifice. The Rev. J. D. McArthur took tor his text the words. "What mean ye by these stones," and gave a very eloquent and helpful address, a report of which will appear in a. future issue. . , . . There was a large combined clion leading the Anzac hymns and thej also rendered the anthem, 'The Radiant Morn." Mr Allan sang Ihe Midshipmafe," Mr Mottershead He Wipes the Tear from Every He. Messrs Denton, Jones, Mottershead, and Taylor sang with splendid spirit "Comrades in Arms," and Mr Howard Andrew rendered the monologue ''The Sea is His." Miss Thelma Shaw, FTCL L.L.C.M., was at the piano, and' Mr'Hayfleld at the organ.