Peace Celebrations.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 July 1919, Page 5

Peace Celebrations.

. ‘ f‘ . MEETING or EXECUTIVE " . , CCOMMITTER . " . - V ’ An emergency meeting of the Ex'ecu- 1 ‘«i"'tive Committee was held yesterday on‘ receipt of the Hon. G. W. Russell’s ' telegram re paying subsidy on -two days’ celebrations. (This wire appeared in yesterd:a.y»’s paper.) There was a good attendance, and the matter was fully discussed, -and _it was decided to carry out the original. programme’ for l Children’s Day, as originally drafted, ‘ on the first day, Saturday, 19th,‘ consisting of children’s“ procession, sports, prizes, etc., with fireworks display, ‘bon.fires, free conc.er.t, pictures, and’ skating in the evening. . On" Monday the original People ’s ‘Day, the programme will be somewhat shut down. ‘The monster procession will _ be held about 1 p.m., with sports items, etc., in the afternoon; ball, carnixpal, "pictures, and skating, free, in the evening. . ANOTHER WERE FROM THE p MINISTER. - - The Hon, G. W. Russell, with his numerous telegrams, is getting almost as famous as President Wilson with v his “Notes.” The Mayor, Mr J. A. Joblin, yesterday received the following wire from Mr G. W. Russell: “Referring to my -telegram of the Bth, soldiers‘ will be carried free on all ' railways on the 19th and 21st. Children will be carried free on Monday only. Children will -only be conveyed to the nearest town from their place of residence in which celebrations will be held. No special trains can ‘be rfin, and . only‘ the aceommosl-at-ion in the ordinary trains can be used. It is, therefore, recommended that in every possible ‘case the celebrations shall be local.” ’ '

The abbve wire serves to show how -little considefaticn’ {he Minisfer has for coun=t—ry rcsi(icl_l"c_s, partyicularly the_ ‘children. It is _ea.lnlost impgsishle for country residents in this,disi-trict £“ring—'A ing the railway line {:6 get_in’co_ Taihapc" other than by tlie tra4in,"ancl""‘a§' the _Mini_s_tér 'lla'§ decided ’cha/g. no nail‘ facililaties‘ {vhatafier are £ol’ befigivcn, it will mean théxt quite a nupmher ‘of children will be una-bleito take‘ pa.r_t in the celebrétions at all: The HOn.bMr Russell, when outlining some "Weeks ago,._.the form ;st_he celehratiofig should ltakp, st'ressedr the impbrhaiice of specially considering the children. HOW "little sincerity or consistency xthc Minister has evinced ‘is disclosed‘ in the wire qvo..téd..ab<>.V..e. ' ' .