ARMISTICE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1921, Page 4

ARMISTICE DAY.

ANNIVERSARY ON FRIDAY. TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE. The observance of Armistice Day, November 11 (Friday), was the subject of a letter from the Prime Minister (Mr. W. F. Sfassey) which was read at last night’s meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council, and it was decided that the town should observe the two minutes’ silence, commencing at 11 a.m., as was carried out last year. The Prime Minister intimated that the following cablegram had been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: “It is proposed in this country that there should be a short military ceremony at the cenotaph, in which representative detachments of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and ex-service men’s associations should take part. Representatives of His Majesty and the Prime Minister will lay wreaths just before eleven. High Commissioners are being invited to be present and lay wreaths on behalf of their respective Dominions. Alter two minutes’ silence, commencing at 11 a.m., the hymn ‘O God Our Help in Ages Past* will be sung accompanied by massed bands. Upon its conclusion the Reveille will be sounded by buglers, and the ceremony will be completed. Please inform your Ministers that His Majesty the King has expressed a wish that on Armistice Day there should be a complete suspension of all normal business throughout the British Empire during the two minutes’ silence, commencing at 11 a.m.”