EMPIRE DAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1923, Page 3

EMPIRE DAY.

ROYAL .MESSAGES SENT. [uy TKi.ntsitAi'H- ei:e. ei: i:ss association.] AriJCLAND. May 23. 11 is Excellency the Governor-Gener-al has received tlie following message which their Majesties, the King and Queen, have been graciously pleased to address to the chihLieii in the elementary schools of the Empire on Empire Day. the 21th. of May. THE KING'S .MESSAGE. “To the children in tlie elementary schools of the Empire: On this day, my people in all parts of the world join to celebrate their unity, and to draw closer the common ties which hold them together. E-ich of our many ] eo) les lias its own life to live; each has its own work to do; yet all are members one family, sharing their sm-rows and joys. You have learned how tlit* Empire was built up by brave and wist; men and women in the past. It is only liv courtesy, wisdom, ami unselfishness that it will oiidme It is the great inheritance voe.r fatheis and foretatiters made. It* future welfare and good name are. under the Providence of God. in your hands. l)o not think of it a* a tiling far away from you. Every one of you counts, and what von do and learn now, will decide how lav you will fie aide to play your part worthily w lien you grow up. Get know ledge I Be brave, honuuiahle and kind, thinking of others before yourselves, and always play tile game. So wid you fit yourselves to hand down this community of lice nations to yt nr children and grandchildren a* a great instrument for justice. | ern e and goodwill. which will deserve tin; re-J <".-t and esteem of mankind.” QUEEN'S MESSAGE

"To Ihe gll ! 11l Ihe elementary schools of the Empire:- On this day ol memory and hope, which is also the birthday of the good Queen Vietoiia, this is a message lo you, the daughters of our world-wide family of nations and peoples. Think always of what you can do to make your homes happy, and li'.w you can best prepare yourselves to make happy homes for the generations of children which will follow you. to our vast Umpire lhe:c are many kinds of homes and many different customs. The home which fosters clean minds and kind hearts is God’s temple, and the spirit cf a good home, whether it he rich or poor, is one cf the best things in tlie world. You can learn many lessons at school which will help you to become wise and useful citizens of the British Commonwealth, hut you can learn and practise nothing hotter for yourselves and for all the members of our great family, than the simple lessons of love, kindness, and unselfishness, which, in cloud or sunshine, a:e the strength and’beiintv of life.”

I.()NDON CELEBR ATTOXB. LONDON, Alay 23. Empire Day is being celebrated in London in a manner which will liiing the occasion prominently before the people of the capital. The great daily news papers are taking a prominent 1-art. MR AIASSEY’S MESSAGE. The ‘Daily Express’ which is holding a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, has cabled Mr Alassey lor a message for presentation to the people of Britain, and Air Massey to-day despatched 'the following cable:—‘'Eni--1 ire Day stands predominant r.s a reminder of ilie kinship which binds the Dominions to each other and to the Afotliei land. The freedom of thought, speech. and action illustriously won generations ago by our ancestors are laurels which the citizens of to-day share, and mulct' which they live. New Zealand E the Young Britain of the South Seas, and feels the power which liev allegiance to the Great Empire gives. She stands stronger to-day than ever before in her whole-hearted determination t i shoulder her responsibilities for the protection of the Crown and the lights and liberties of the Empire. New Zealand knows it is Britain’s aim always to see that the crowning achievement of the peatc ol the world is maintained. Working steadily and tenaciously for the preservation of that, and ior the principles under which it was secured. New Zealand asks her citizens to be unwavering in their loyalty to the King and the Empire, which is the only guarantee for our homage. 1 Millions of our fellow citizens have held their lives as naught in striving for the good of humanity, for righteousness, and for freedom, and it is plainly the duty ol the British peoples throughout the Empire to see that the sacrifices made, not only in recent years, but through centuries, for the good of all. weie not made in vain.”