ANZAC DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1920, Page 5

ANZAC DAY

A DOMINION HOLIDAp • ' 'lv3 PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS PWSB mrnmm ' ?'ti^T Br T«l«gt*pb.—Prew Wellington, Ltrt jl} In the House of Bepr«*entatpf evening, Lieut.-Colonel Mitafcrif 4 the second reading of nj He said some might object toTu holiday, but he thought;.''#* ibfoj object to consecrating April-! day on which to comtnemoifcis memory of our 'soldiers. Ni|J| where our soldiers tfere—3a Fpia Flanders, Egypt, or PaJestifte—tfiey always worthy of our people, and that reason they asked .that be dedicated to them, a day to) bp, as a Sunday, not merely as aa exotu another race meeting or eomo othert of enjoyment. Their sacrifice* surely worthy of this, for thW"fQ not to make a few rich men, but to i all'men free. * y Mr. W. T. Jennings said we cfHatij St. George's, Si Andrew's,rick's Iky in this co<mtry, very little about these eaitt/.lpt many homes in this femflnfj meant a great deal, and he eniwKj eurrgd in the idea of celebnftjbiw>ff Mr. Massey said he enttod)r..4d of the idea of setting memory of our soldiers, and'Warfb April 25th had been selectedsoldiers for that purpom, H» hp would be a holy day rather tiutttfj day of rejoicing. It *honH tpi great achievements °f ouf .iSfl should be a day of NHM result or those achievements tfcSjfl would help to keep our Empire nfl and hand it down greater, brt 9wa brighter than ever. 9M Mr. Isitt stressed the' prggl MM keeping the day as one of (plenty hH giving that our sons wrire Wanting at a time'of the history of the Empire, tliflH especially the children, should JmmH to take part in celebrations wfckfegH lift this day to an even higher mHBI New Zealand than held in estimation by the alm| Messrs. Seddon, Craigie, Pottaftjl Hockly supported the Bill, iriupll read a second time on tha Members then rose and 'WW National Anthem, after which- Wffll mier moved the adjournment.