TRAFALGAR DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 10

TRAFALGAR DAY.

4 . ' The Battle of Trafalgar was fought mi October 21, 1805. Lord Nelson had under his command 27 sail of tho lino and four frigates; the combined French and -Spanish fleets, under Admirals Villeneuvo and Gravimt, numbered .<33 sail of the line and seven large frigates. The firing commenccd at 11.50 a.m., and' at 12.10 tho battle began in jarnest. At 1.15 Nelson was shot on [lis quarter-deck, at 3.25 Captain Hardy congratulated him on having gained a complete victory,'and at 4.3U ire died. As in- post yea'rs, the Navy League -appeals tor the observance of the anniversary of Nelson's great victory, which had such far-reaching effects in saving the Motherland from in,'asion and securing the peaco and freclom of the sea aof (lie world. Tho league's idc;t is to bring home to the nind of Britons throughout the world ;ho dominating significance of sea-power ind to stress the fact that an efficient md sufficient Navy "is our great ami mly national insurance, and that upon ts unassailable strength the continumce of our industrial vitality ami our iommcrcial vigour depend." It is ( lointcd out by the Navy League that 1 \ T ew Zealand's oversea comnierco now i iggregates over £44,000,000 yearlyj_ anil 1 hat the total amount of the Dominion's i laval contribution (treated as an in- i lurance premium) represents a very j mall percentage of tiiat huge. sum. I furthermore, New Zealand, a»_ with I ither outlying portions of the Empire, ! ould not retain- lier independence should i iritain lose the command of the sea, ( V full realisation of our national obliga- 1 ions (adds the league) is a means of , loing honour to the memory of Nelson . md tho other naval heroes to whom wo , iwe so much. The Navy League has, , rath tho co-ope ration of the Headnastors' Association, arranged for Tra- j algar Day to lie suitably observed at he° schools, and arrangements havo icen made for flying flags on the public j niildings in tho Dominion. Tho loagno ippeals to citizens to mark the event - iy the fcoiftins of bunting to-mortw. Calf Food Up-to-Date.—Tho "Gilrsitli" Jalf Food is now prepared m two qualiies. No. 1 (blue brand) for feeding with lrini milk, and Ko. 2 (red brand) for J ceding with either cassin or cheese whey. ], )brainal>!e all Stores.—Advt. ■ a It is not often that n boy runs away P rom home to go to school. Ernest Smith, 11 god ten, belonging to Deal, whose term s a boarder at the High Schbol, Hoddes- ■ on, Hertfordshire, had expired, saved 1 11 his pocket money, and at the bozinin? of the term left homo and travelled he" 100 miles to his old school. Ho is '] ooked on at the school as the hero of he day.