BOW THE HEAD.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3331, 8 November 1919, Page 5

BOW THE HEAD.

TWO MINUTES uls" SILENCE. THE KING’S DESIRE FOR ARMISTIICE DAY. WELLINGTON, Nov. 7. The following‘ message from the King has been received by the Government:— To all my people:— Tuesday next, November 11th, is the fi:st anniversary of the &‘.‘IlllSll(3C which stayed the world-wide earna.ge of the four preceding years, ganfil marked the victory of right‘ and freedom. I believe my people in every part of the Empire fervently wishito perpetuate the memory of that great deliverance, and of; those who had laid down .their_ lives to achieve it. To afford an opportunity for universal expression of. this feeling, it is my desire and hope that at the hour when fhe:a.rm'istice came into t'orce,,tlle eleventh hour of the eleventh dayyof the eleventh month, there may be a brief space of two 11i'i1iutes.co1i1plete suspensiojn of our "'4 no'rm_al‘ activities. During. that time, _exeept in rare cases where this may A be impracticable, all work, all sound, and all locomotion should cease, so that, in perfect stillness, the thought of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remenibranee of the glorious dead. No elaborate organisation appears to be‘ necessary. At a given ' signal, which can easily be arranged to suit the circumstances of each locality, I believe we shall all gladly interrupt our business and" pleasure, whatever it may be, and unite in this simple service of silence and remembrance.———(Signed) George R. 1..

The Prime Minister ‘stated this evening that arrangements would be ‘put in hand to Secure as far as possible genera] observance throughout the Dominoin, of two xzximxtes’ silence on Tuesday next. Trains wouhi he stop: ped on the railways, and :1 request would be made that there should ‘be a aessation of traffic on the strec-I's_. and every effort would be made to have work suspended in schools, shops, and factories and to secure complete silence. This procedure would conform with what Was intended to be done in the United jiingdom, and the Prime Ministc-1* gafd he was quite Sure there would be a. ready acquiescence in the desire of His Majesty on the part of the citizens of New Zealand, as well as in other parts of the Ernpire.