ANZAC DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1919, Page 5

ANZAC DAY.

celebrations elsewhere. * By Telegraph.—Press Association. | 'Wellington, April 25. There was a procession oi returned! soldiers in the afternoon, followed memorial service in the Town Hall. Oaraaru, April 26. Auzao Day was observed as a full holi* <!ay. The combined service* in the morniug were attended by large numbers of vet iimed soldiers. There was A fete the gardens iu the. afternoon. ' (Jreymouth, April 25. ' A cioae holiday waa observed- Titer* ' were church parades at all the churches in the morning, and a procession in tb* ; afternoon. An Anzac Ball is to be bald evening. Tirnaru, Last Night. A procession of returned soldier* and territorials marched to the Municipal Chambers where a wreath was placed on a temporary cross. There were no speeches. Christchurch, Lsst Night The military parade was a very 6n« pressivo spectacle, nearly 2500 troops being on parade, including over 400 returned men. The Returned Soldiers' As- , sociation's wreath, bearing the simple in* scription: "In memory of our fallen soldiers. They gave their immortality" ■ was deposited at the Cathedral as the procession passed. Many other wreaths were hung at the front of the edifice. Wanganui, Last Night, ' The memorial services Were largely at* • 1 tended in the morning, and the founda* -a tion of the new Soldiers' Club was laid in the afternoon, when there was a big V attendance. >) Anzac Day was celebrated becomingly; 1 In the afternoon the foundation stone of the Soldiers' Club was laid by the ■ local Masonic Lodges in the presence of a very large assemblage of the public. Dunedin, Last Night. There were church services in the morning and a large procesion of returned soldiers in the afternoon. The principal features of Anzac Bay were a parade of returned soldiers along the main streets, and a memorial service on the Oval, where addresses were delivered by the Mayor and the Rev. Balfour. The total number on parade was 738. Over a hundred memorial wreat|vp were placed on soldiers'; graves in Dunsdin by tho Patriotic Association, and. j duplicates prepared by tie Womb's Association were placed on gravw-. ty'i the returned soldiers. Memorial services were held in several of the ctturches.

AT STRATFORD. : (From Our Own Correspondent.) Anzac Day was kept in Stratford in perfect weather. In the afternoon a procession of returned soldiers, territorials, and cadets, under the control of Sec.-Lieuts. E. Young and T. Richardson, marched from the Post Office to the Town Hall, where a service was Juld. i The attendance of the publio was sot so good as the occasion merited. The Mayor presided, and readings, addresses, etc., were delivered by the Revs, a W. Howard, R. B. Tinsley, and J. D. Milrin and Mr. B. Sturm (Salvation Army), while the choir sang several hymns. In this connection, it should be mentioned that the Roll of Honor photograph* of soldiers of this district who have fallen in the war are placed in tha corridor of the Municipal Building, and alio . received attention. At intervals flu ' wreaths were hung, interlaced with fes* toon 9 of white and purple ribbons. The idea was that of the Mayor and Mrs. McMillan, who received willing assistance during the previous evening from several helpers, the school and. others having secured the flowers during the day. In the morning the members of the Women's National Reserve paid a visit to the Kopuataina Cemetery and placed wreaths and other emblems on the graves of the soldiers buried there. »