TRAFALGAR DAY.
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Received October 17; 8.40 a.m. LONDON, October 16. Several of the Agents-General have 'been officially directed to attend the Nelson centenary celebration in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, promoted by the Navy League. Ensigns will be, dipped here, at Portsmouth, , and at, rather places at 2.30 p.m. " . . ■: .':;....r-
The Firench flag.will be' saluted at the British .and; Foreign . Sailors' Society's great gatherings in. the Albert Hall in the afternoon and evening. The sugge.stdon has been made that the Tricolour and the Union.,J^ck should fly side by side en Trafalgar Day. .. . -_-•-■■ - ; ,;: .
Per Pres3 Association. ; ' ; / t^AUCKLAND, October 17. Preparations focr Trafalgar Day celebrations completed. V v f > At 2 p.nu-'Nelson's. last* Signal: will be hoisted from the flagstaff under the direction-of the commander of H.M.S. Prometheus, the Cadets, the sailers of the Prometheus, and the Veterans forming a square.
. This will be followed by a salute of 17 guns, after wlhich there will be a procession tliroueh the streets, and patriotic demonstrations in the Drill Hall in the afternoon and evening.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12630, 18 October 1905, Page 5
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173TRAFALGAR DAY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12630, 18 October 1905, Page 5
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