The official news of the signing of the amistice and the cessation of hostilities, recieved over our private wire at 10.22 this morning, was at once conveyed to the large crowd of people who during the previous half hour had been assembling in Albert Road outside the offices of the Bournemouth Daily Echo.

The brief message of joyful intelligence was listened to with bated breath and strained attention, and when the speaker had finished there arose hearty cheers and cries of hip, hip, hoorah followed immediately by the waving of flags. The dark cloud lifted from the countenances of the people; there were many glad hearts and faces and not a few tears of joy and thanksgiving at the termination of the long dran-out struggle and the dawn of peace.

The crowd in Albert Road soon conveyed the news to those they passed in the streets while the spasmodic cheers from little groups soon attracted a huge concourse of people to Albert Road. They came to see the news confirmed by the written message displayed in the window of the Echo and the crowd increased in density every moment.

Those who saw the announcement immediately conveyed it to others and within a few minutes one or two thousand people had congregated at the junction of Albert and Old Christchurch roads.

The transformation in Old Christchurch Road was as sudden as it was wonderful. The atmosphere became charged with the vital forces borne of joy and victory. The crowd developed into a glad throng and steps were quickened at the news of the coming peace.