DOMINION DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 26 September 1907, Page 2

DOMINION DAY

0 : THE PREMIER'S MESSAGE.. . ' Per Press Association. „„ _ . Wellington, Last Nijrht. Ihe inme Minister semis the followig message to the people of New' Zea-"To-day your island home attains the prouder title of Dominion. This guerdons not alone the faithful efforts of the living, but still more the strenuous and hind, courageous lives of many of pur noble pioneers and colonists now at rest. New Zealand's place to. day has been honourably won by the pluck, (he grit, and determination-of its people. My message is the lesson of our history:— "Preserve the purity of your race from every undesirable mixture, secure equal opportunity to all, permit no ring-fence of privilege to any class, elevate your view of manual work so that the true dignity and ennobling influence of honest labour be felt and shown in a contempt for idleness and extravagance, trust the future - of our Dominion not to increasing wealth, but rather to an' ever higher manhood and wornanuood, to a wider enlightenment and humanity disciplined by the needs of industry, by temperate living and I>y those healthy and beneficent ■' tasks and trials that beset advancement, and which should be the price of all promotion in a free country. "Lot us be justly proud of the place we take to-day in the roll of the King's dominions, but let us make this an incentive to something higher still, a true Dominion in the head and heart of our own people.—> Joseph George Ward.'^

A COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL. The Premier has*telegraphed to the chairman of all school committees concerning Dominion Day:—"As the day will be historical in the annals of New Zealand, and of more than passing interest to the children, I have decided to have a medal struck to commemoration I of tlio event for presentation later on to each school child throughout the Dominion. Kindly inform the children.'