EMPIRE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 131, 25 May 1908, Page 2

EMPIRE DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IX BRITAIN. BEING SPREAD OVER THREE DAYS, DISPLAYS AT THE SCHOOLS. Received 23rd, 4.10 p.m. Loudon, -May 23. The Empire Day celebrations 'in Britain are being spread over: three days. A million children attending the schools in London sainted the flag yesterday; Lectures and exercises -relating to the movement were given }» 1000 schools. The municipal councils nt Bnttcrsea and Poplar refused Vo (ly the (lug. The display of blinting in the West End of London wa/< greater than ever. In the East End a/hundred of the poorest children purcMised sumll flags. The boys ot Etfen College presented a Union Jack to [the elementary school's of Eton. / J At St. sc-hools, the Woolwich school Wales) stuir, muile from timber/* of the battleship Trafalgar, launched at Woolwich in 1844 was used. > ' At Greenwich School, a flag f r om Grcemwijch School (New South Wales) was ui}furled.

fi& INTERESTING CEREMONY. .■■ Received 23rd, 4.25 p.m. i, London,' May 23. *'iMr. Henniker-Heaton presented flags from Canterbury and Panama ttfi schools'. (New South Wales) to two Canterbury \ehools. Mr. Car>jithers, ex-Premier of New .South a thousand scholars at Canterbury, emphasised the loyalty of Australians to the flag, because it was the embleVjt of liberty, national security, and thei Empire. ■Ho stated that 2500 New -South Wales' sehools would celebrate Empire Day. The Mayor of Canterbury ■..returned • thanks for the flags. The headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the Dean of Canterbury eulogised Bishop Broughton's foiresight iu permanently establishing, ita the heart of Australia, a school embody-\ ing the noblftt ideals of English life. ' Mr. Henniker-Heaton stated that the King's Schools at Canterbury at Parraniatta were modelled on the same lines, only the Australian scholars wore a \olunteer uniform. The Dean said he hoped soon that everybody in England would enjoy military discipline. MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIANS. THE SPIRIT OF THE EMPIRE MOVEMINT.

Received 24th, 4.42 p.m. London, May 23. The Earl of Meatli, through Mr. Carru there, sent a message of sincere thanks to Australians for their enthusiastic to the Empire Day movement, in coinpany with ten million other loyal subjects. He urged them not to forget Hue spirit the movement expressed in itKwatch-words:—Respon-sibility, duty, sympathy, and self-Sacri-lice. If these ideal* were impressed in the home and at school upon the rising generation, they 1 vo!iId become worthy citizens of the mightiest Empire in the ■world.

PATRIOTIC PROGRAMMES. Received 24th, 4.42 p.m. London, May 23. At the London Comity "Council's instance, a patriotic programme of lessons on citizenship was conducted at nearly every school, and the flag sainted, London's lead being generally followed in the provinces. The King thanked London, scholars for a message of loyalty. The Duchess of Albany distributed prizes at the Esher National -..Schools, where the Earl of Meatli addressed the children as to how best help tlift Empire. .Senator Dobson recommended universal training, in drilling and shooting, inIhe interests of the defence of the Euipire.

Lord Tennyson, the Earl of Meatli,, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Senator Dobson,. and Councillor Weedon, of Melbourne,, spoke at a similar demonstration of the Boys' Brigade's Band at Shepherd'sBush.

A large school at l'eckham has been.' temporarily transformed into a museum for the display of products, of the Motherland and the colonies, lent by Mr; Taverncr and others. The scholars were much interested.

CELEBRATIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. .J Received 25th, 1.7 a.m. Sydney, May 21 Empire Day was celebrated by a largechurch parade of troops. Per Press Association. Nelson, Last Night. Empire Day was observed yesterday as a close holiday, but there was no. public celebration of the occasion. The Farmers' Union held a sports meeting and field-day at "Wakefield. Napier, Last Night. The volunteers, defence cadets, and veterans paraded and attended service at the Cathedral this afternoon in, honor of Empire Day. The weather was dull, but there was a good muster and ft fairly large attendance of the public