FRANCE'S NATIONAL , FETE DAY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2824, 15 July 1916, Page 9

FRANCE'S NATIONAL , FETE DAY

GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR RED CROSS FUNDS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. •! (Rec.'July. If, 9 p.m.) •-Uondonj July 14. Remarkable. '..Empire-wide ments were male'to celebrate the French, national- fete '.to-day. -..Tricolors wore -- sold everywhere on behalf of the, Crou Rouge (Red Cross), and the organisers y expect to raise ".MOO,OOO. There were many- special matinees, and other featiirea.:' The' British 'Workers' League . held; a monster -denfenstration. vjuedn ,•; Alexandra., in a speciul message, commenue?i tlie noble enterprise of mercy to. the people of the, Empire. ... The • "Daily. 'Chronicle'' publishes a series of messages from the Overseas. ( Dominions, including one from Mr. Ma?-.. -, .sey. (New' Zealand),' expressing homage'.... > to France. ; ' M. Poincare (the French President),,in., a message • to' the "British people, ex-, presses France's unbounded admiration, at the'deeds .of Britain's glorious Navy,-. and the wonderful development of the,, Emoire's: mighty- resources. He sends,-. • "affectionate gri'eti'iss and lasting broth-.., ! erhood to the United Kingdom and her ; Dominions Overseas." 1 AUSTRALIA HONOURS THE LAY (Rec. July 14, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, July 14... i Similarly with other parts of tlie Em-, jiire, the Commonwealth seized the opportunity of the French Fete Day .to . : honour our Ally. There was a great dis- - ■ play of the tricolor flag. Tho principal features of the day were Requiem j Masses for the French soldiers, bi? mili-*, tarT . parade's, and a meeting at the -| Town Hall, where resolutions were carried appreciative of France's valour. At the official luncheon', the speakers . 1 eulogised France. ' The Red Cross Society donated £1000 to tho French Rod Cros3 Society, arid the woolbrokers on the Sydney Exchange subscribed - i and presented the money to the French League of Mercy.