ANNIVERSARY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1969, 28 January 1914, Page 7

ANNIVERSARY DAY.

THANKSGIVING SERVICE IN LONDON.

."THE ONLY NATION,'!

FOUNDED WITHOUT BLOODSHED.

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■ , London, January 20. In connection witli the Austroliaai' A universal , )' Day, a thanltsgiviiig service was hekl at the Church of St, lJun&tan-i-n-thc-Kast. Among those present were the Bishop of Hoeltestcr (Dr. Hanner, a former Bishop of Adelaide),, Bishop Thornton (Assistant Bishop of London, and formerly Bisiwp of Ballarat), Sir John M'Call (Agcnt-Geuoral for Tasmania), tlio Hon, Mr. Kirkpatriek (Agent-General for Soutli and ISO otlter Australians, mostly ladies. Tlie Rev. C. E. Boudncy, formerly of Soutli Australia, preached .a stirring 6orniGii from .the text "Righteousness cxalteth n nation." Ho emphasised the fact that Australia was the only instance of a nation, having been founded without bloodshed. Ho lipped •Australia, wmild lead in tlio oivilisinb and Christianising of the bad Old World. WATTLE DAY LEAGUE. • ' receptioiTatthe hotkl metropolis. ■ London, January 26. The Austrsiian Wattle Day League's reception' at the- Hotel Metropolis was largely attended, tlioso prcseat including Lord Eniraott (piider-Secretai-y of -Stato for the Colonies) and Lady .Eu>mott, Sir Httrtmann Just {Assistant Under-Secretary to tlio Colonial Oftice), Captain Muirhead Collins (representing the High Commissioner for Australia), the Hon. Thomas Maclreniao (fligli Coitiniissioner for New Zedtanci), Sir. M'Brido (Jlinister for Mines, Victoria), Sir John M'Call (Apent-General for Tasmania), and the Ilou. A. Kirkpatriek (Agent-Genera) for South Australia). . Sir John M'Call, in a speech, saitl ho regretted tlio absence from tho rcesption of Sir GeorgiJ Reid (Hieli Conuniseioiier for the Ceininomrealtli), who is at present on a visit to Australia. Patriotic songs ami recitations were given hy Australian performers.