EMPIRE DAY.
To-day is 'Empire Day. Throughout *-h<? leugtU fcraitlfcli oi (that great
Empue topqil whioh the sun ttevef' seta trerei -wail ,be a hoLting of flagiS, & beatir-g of drums, a chorus of .patriotic voicos loyalty to the King and. pride rn the knowledge thai the name of ißniti&her sta.nf.is for all fli'at is goodl, land livable, and -Christian,, nnid free. And amid it all there will oome 'back recollections of the Good Queen Victoria, whose natal day it is, and the memory of whose majesty and ■virtue will be indelibly impressed upon (the pages of history. To the younvger generation Eorj ire l>ay should have ia real siginirica'iiee, for upon the maintenance of the honour and prestige of .the nation tni which they are units depends -so largely their future and their all.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10642, 24 May 1912, Page 4
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134EMPIRE DAY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10642, 24 May 1912, Page 4
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