DOMINION DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1551, 21 September 1912, Page 4

DOMINION DAY.

TO BE OBSERVED ON MONDAY. The Government has proclaimed lion* dny next, September 23, as tho day on, which Dominion Day is to bo celebrated, tho actunl date Thursday next. The holiday is not being observed generally. The Government and Insurance offices and banks are to close, ne well na tho State schools, but tho shops and warcj houses will keep open ha usual. Dominion Day will bo celebrated by an , ontertainniDnt to be givon under tho aust- • pices of tho Early Seltlcrs , Association. His Excellency tho Governor Will be pro- , sent, and speeches appropriate to the oocasion will be delivered by the Prime Minister (the Hon. W. F. Mossey) and bir Joseph Ward. Primarily, the affair will be a re-union of early settlers and their descendants, of whom a largo gathering ia anticipated. Monday evening will alno eee tho opening performance in Wellington .of the Plimmcr-Donniston Compauy, tho head of which combination ie, curiously enough, . tho grandson of one of Wellington's pioneer settlers—the late Mr. John Plimmer. The Dandies will appear at tho Concert Cli&mber, and pictures will bo exhibited at tho King's Theatre, Skating Rink (Ingestve Street), Tho Now Tlieatro, and Shortt's Theatre.