NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 28. Discussing the observance of the national day of prayer on September 3, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, said that in New Zealand conditions were so different from those in the United Kingdom as to make it impracticable to arrange quite the same observances. It had been decided to invite all religious denominations themselves to hold appropriate services in their own churches at suitable times, and 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 th? 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 observance by the armed services.
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Southland Times, Issue 24835, 29 August 1942, Page 4
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159NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Southland Times, Issue 24835, 29 August 1942, Page 4
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