TRAFALZAR DAY.
By telegraph* Press Ass’n* Copyright Received 10.13 p.m., Oct. 23. London, Oot. 23. A Navy League wreath was placed on a pedestal at the Nelson column in memory of French and Spanish sailors. The
Anglo-French entente was acclaimed at mony dinners. The toaßt of the Victory’s officers was drunk in silence ; also those who fell in 1805, friend or foe. The Marseillaise was received with cheers at Capetown. Admiral Seymour and Captain Mahan were guests of Britishers at a dinner : t 'Boston.
Bishop Stepney preached an impressive Nelson service at St. Paul’s. A representative of tho Sovereigns, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, members of the Government, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and foreign naval attaches werß present, There were many puli-.i references to the occasion. The British and Foreign Sailors’ Society presented Admiral Togo with Nelson’s bust carved on the Victory’s timbers.
Cardiff has been created a city with a Lord Mayor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1592, 24 October 1905, Page 2
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156TRAFALZAR DAY. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1592, 24 October 1905, Page 2
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