TRAFALGAR DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 49, 22 October 1912, Page 3

TRAFALGAR DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press (Association.) London, October 20. Twelve hundred boys of the Naval Brigade paraded in Trafalgar Square. The Nelson column was elaborately decorated. The Wellington branch ol the Navy College sent a wreath which was brought over in a block of ice. It attracted much attention. IN WELLINGTON. Wellington, October 21. Flags were flown to-day from tie public buildings, schools, business pre misos and shipping in celebration o the 107th anniversary of the Batt! of Trafalgar. At several of the school the children paraded and saluted th Hag. A naval picture entertainmo! was held in the afternoon at the King' Theatre, when fully five thousand children attended. Sir Joseph Ward, New Zealand president of the Navy League, emphasised that the celebration was to do honour to the greatest admiral the British Navy ever know, who made it possible for all people living under the British flag to ho free, wherever they might be. The Navy League did not desire - war, but was founded for the purpose of preserving peace for the people of to-day and the future. This evening the Mayor, Mr D. McLaren, as president of the local branch of the Navy League, gave short addresses at several theatres.