PEACE ILLUMINATIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 246, 11 July 1919, Page 8

PEACE ILLUMINATIONS

8 ' ,';• — . NO COAL TO SPARE. f' Cabinet has absolutely prohibited all Peace illuminations involving the consumption of coal, including the produc'tibn 'of 'power by gas producer plants fiVhieh. use coke). Sir James Allen said yesterday that the Government regretted to have to make the prohibition, but the coal could not be spared for the nonessential purpose while'it was eo urgently needed for domestic fuel and industrial and transport purposes. The only illuminations permitted anywhere would be in 'places where the power was not coal produced.' ,

CELEBRATIONS AT KARORI..The' secretary of the, Karori Peace Celebration' Committee (Mr. John Burns) reports that the'arrangements are almost complete for the children's day on July 21.. It is intended that the children shall meet" at the school at 9.30. when the school honours board • will bo unveiled by M?. R. A. Wright, M.P. A song of thanksgiving will ■••'be sung by the? children, and the flag will be saluted. A . .photograph of the memorial event will ifie taken' and an enlargement,hnng with the honours board in the school. .After the .unveiling ceremony a procession, headed by a band conducted by Mr. H. Hull;-will leave for Karori Park, where •-tho-children have been well catered for. , The committee has invited the Maiara school : children, staff, and parents to be . , present;-" Should the weather be wet, or the. grounds''• unfit, arrangements, have been ; made <to "make merry" in the Stater school and the Methodist Church • buildings. . AND HUTT PREPARA- • -•.-•„••.-.. . •■■ TIONS. '.' Preparations for celebrating Peace at Petorie are proceeding apace. Sometime ago tho Gear Meat Company commenced the building of 'an 'arch opposite' ■" their premises in Jackson''' I 'Street? This is. now ; being completed, and another arch is being erected near the Council Clamber in Jackson- Street. The town is to bo gaily decorated with flags and evergreens, and it is considered that the display, in Petohe will .be one of the finest yet seen. ' Tho display at Lower Hutt will also foe one worthy of the occasion. The 6ecre- , tary of the Lower Hutt Peace Committee reported on Tuesday evening that £27 had.been.spent on flags and £50 on fireworks. The bonfire is to be erected on Normandalo Hill, and the local Fire ■■' Brigade will undertake the letting off of 1 the fireworks. "'.'...■; PEACE HOLIDAYS. The Government has decided to proclaim Saturday, July 19, and 'Monday. July 21, the days of Peace celebrations, to be 'public holidays.