EMPIRE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1919, Page 5

EMPIRE DAY.

MEMORIAL SERVICE TO FALLEN COLONIALS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 1, 11.5 p.m. London, May 30. The outstanding Australian and New Zealand function in London on Empire Day was the memorial tervice for the Dominions' dead in Westminster Abbey. At noon on Saturday 1000 Dominion troops, of whom 350 were Australians -^ Tew Zealanders, were present, lne rest of the Abbey was reserved for relatives, of whom there were 500 Australians) and 250 New Zealanders. When the King and Queen had taken their seats the service commenced with the hymn "Through All Changing Scenes." The lesson was taken from Isaiah 61, followed by Parry's "I Was Glad."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his address, £.aid that, for the first time in history, the whole Empire was a throb with one eager, prayerful purpose and one unshakeable resolve to prevent a great wrong. Already the Dominions had a share in the glorious history embodied in the stones of the Abbey, but now they have made their own history. For centuries.' to come men will tell of the indomitable prowess and selfless devotion of Australians and New Zeaand other Dominion soldiers on Gallipoli, on Vimy Ridge, and at Villers firetonneaux.

The service closed with Kipling's "Recessional," the "Last Post," and "Reveille."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.