TRAFALGAR DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 6

TRAFALGAR DAY.

■;/-;:N^yLEAGTO"'CELEEKA.TipjS.';''; : ■'.: Acting on .'the snggestion:-of j. the local hoii. 'secretary of- the' Navy "League; ■■; ttw Education BoaTd has-circularised; about 'forty- .of tlib.larger .'sohools in' the ■'Wellington district vh reference; to the celebration;'of the- 105 th. anniversary of/Trafalgar/and suggesting the form the mony .should ;teke v y .It;' is-i.a'ddedi, "The league hopes, that, ■as time'goes on", theobservance of this .anniversary ..may :be .more jmarkcd as a/day of .thanksgiving, riot as.glorification of a but as marking the;'occurrence which; i.reridered possible.the.■ formation of the' British Empirei' and- which!also serves, as.'the outwaid .visible sign of-the determination of Britons-the world-over toimaintain intact the heritage: of sea powers t^at.; l has been handed,down.to them, it is hoped, for all time." .'"■:' ;■''■■•■■■-.-■ ■■'-■■.■■ ; - -■■■-..•■;■. ■•■ ■ ■.■■-■• •., A wreath: of. New .Zealand: foliage, en-.oased-in ice, appears: to-dav.on;the Nelson ,monument■ in Trafalgar Square,- London, as a tribute from the .Wellington branch.

:: At; the instigation of'the Navy League, 'the Hon. VD. Buddo, Minister, of Internal 'Affairs, has given instructions that bunting, is to be displayed on the Government Buildings throughout the Dominion. The league hopes that, as. in past yeurs, flags may also, be flown over business premises in Wellington, as well as by private citizens.- ■' . ■■■.'■•'!' '".■■. . ' '•■ ".' ■

,' For two years palst that naval' veteran,, Mr..T. :TJrwin, has been of great-assistance to -the', league's' s'ecre-' tary in ; going round town . and reminding business .people .to flytheir bunting;; This year his services are,-unfortunately,, not available, as Mr. Urwin has.only.recently .been uhder:an operation at.the hospital for "an internal complaint, : and. is now confined to his bed. : . -. ;. : " •

■■ A'6tock sale.will bo..held at Otaki, on ;Octol)er- 25 by Messrs;; Abraham antl .Williams and Messrs. Dolgoty arid Company... ■ ■■■'■~■' -.'■■,■ ■■•■■ ■',:■■- ■;.•■'■■'■ "'"■'.- ;

' Compared' with ,1909 there -is an increase o£ 827-.voters" in., the. parishes of the City of London, the. greater number being clue to' tho rubber '■ boom and - the .consequent opening by : brokers ■of - new offices. : ' ■'■: ■' '■ ■■■-■■:-..-, '.'•'".■■.' : - ■--■•