THE COMING OF PEACE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 8

THE COMING OF PEACE

: ' PROGRAMME OF CELEBRATIONS

REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL

i Tho Gity Council had before it last 'j evening minutes embodying the d<% ;j siong of the special meeting held by I . the Finance Committeo on January 13 i to consider how tho coming of iieace If . should bo celebrated in AVellington; !■ The. minutes set forth tli.it the meet- '! ing fully discussed proposals by. Cap-■ i tain Munro and Mr. John . Baillie, and agreed that iihe celebrations, should ! be hold on the Sunday, Monday/and ! Tuesday after the date to bo fixed by the Imperial-Government''for >ho com- ; mencement. The ■committee's suggesh tion's have, already appeared in the ( Press. Special -services' in the 1 churches, oil Sunday morning and even- : a service: at tho. Basin Beseryo in '• the afternoon; and V united service in the Town Hall on Sunday evening wero J among the proposals. Monday's cele- • brations were to consist of - a monster procession from Government Buildines to. Newtown Park in the inorn- ' • ing, and a naval and military tournaj' -mmt aiTd feto to he .held in the afternoon at Newtown. The streets were to be decorated by .'tho building of . arches, ' Tuesday.would be purely a cinldren s , day, with celebrations organised and ' conducted ,hy the. school teachers. In ' the evening'a . fireworks display would be held in the harbour and bands would -plav on' the Oriental Bay Esplanade. _ f' ' Xli 6 report of'/fcho connnittc©'. jnclucii 'ed o, recommendation that the cateung < for children,' bandsmen, and others ft tho park be left to the Procession ; : Committee to; arrange,,the understand- \ ing being that refreshments would be f charged : for. • ' ' ■ . j , 1 Councillor Hildretk, when the report came before the council, deprecated ' any suggestion that the children should . be .charged for -the refreshments theyconsumed'when £350 was 'to ■on fireworks, .and perhaps £600 <or !; £800 on arches. , The -Mayor said that he would be the - last porson to advocate taking.money from the- children on such an occa T ■ sion. He looked to tho various schools to '. look after .-.their . children in the : matter. / • - '•, Tho report was adopted. .