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ARMISTICE DAY
ABOLISHED
Remembrance Sunday I
On November 9
The Commonwealth Government has abolished the observance of Ar mistice Day on November 11 and, in its place, will commemorate Re- membrance Day on Sunday, Novem- ber 9, for those who gave their lives both in the wars of 1914-18 and
1939-45.
, ' The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)' said yesterday that -tlje, new pro- cedure accorded -Witht tlio, suggestion made by the. British ÍGoverumerit in 1946, and agreed to hythe Common- wealth Government, that national remembrance, thanksgiving and de« dicat'ion should in future be held on a Sunday.
The Sunday would be that befoio November 11 (unless either Novem- ber 11 or November 12 was.a Sun- day) and it would be known as Re- membrance Sunday. ;> . -
~J*% Was ,thi?;-íJGoY,ernAiñeUít!s, desire that full opportunity would be af- forded i persons who wished to lay wreaths' at cenotaphs or war mem- orials.- Where it was customaiy, memorial church services would bo held and churches were invited to arrange services to^ enable, where
practicable, the observance of' tha | period of 'two minutes' silence be- tween 11 a.m. and .'11.2 a.m.
State Governments, in accordante- ¡
with the established practice, bad j been asked to co-operate with the Commonwealth Government in en-
suring ' the appropriate observance of
Remembrance Sunday.