EMPIRE DAY.
The Government have issued a oirrular to Education Boards to the eff.ci that it dews tbat in future the birthday of Her la f e Majesty Q ieen Vic'oria shall be known ss " Empite Day," and hopes that sfcfp? will bs taken by all schol authorities throughout the colony to se:u-e a observance n f the day.- The Bugg<=st-ion is mads that at every school the ohii'ien shall he assembled o~i the imriiig of Em pire (wh'fb this year will b* deemrd t > bs Mocdiy, 25fch May, as th** 24th fal's en Sunday), and that they shall S:iiut* the This ceremony may ;o fallowed by a short ad-:ir»*s .o the chilriien, reminding them of the privil-ges and duties of c'tizens of the Empire. The r?mamdir of ! he day should be observed as a holiday. It i* pas iMe tbat in some j eases the school authorities may see their way, by meacs of lectures', msgioltiitcrn repr s'nfatinnp, music and -org, to draw th 9 at'ention of t'ie scholars attending their schools to matter* of an Imperial and pitriotic character.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 112, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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181EMPIRE DAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 112, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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