EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY CHINA WAR OBSERVANCES

EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY CHINA WAR OBSERVANCES Three minutes' silence was observed at mid-day on Saturday by members of the Chinese community in Auckland, at the request of the Chinese Association and Chinese shopkeepers also closed their shops at that hour in recognition of the eighth anniversary of the outbreak of war with Japan. During the afternoon there was a meeting of Chinese, over which the chairman of the association, Mr. Ng Fong, presided, and in the evening a special service was conducted by the Rev. Y. S. Chau at the Chinese Church. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 160, 9 July 1945, Page 3