NELSON ENTHUSIASTIC.
Per Press Association.
NELSON, October 21. The Trafalgar celebrations were a great success. The Governor was received and escorted through the streets, which were closely festooned with flags, to Church Hill, where addresses were presented and a speech delivered by the Mayor, the Governor, and the At-torney-General, the band playing the National Anthem and the Marseillaise, the people singing the. former and cheering the latter. Then the Governor laid the foundation stone of the Nelson College, before a large number of spectators. The IJishop of Nelson opened these proceedings with prayer and Mr. Fell, as chairman of Governors, and Mr. Fowler, Principal, gave addresses on the history and aims of the College, referring to its success. The Governor was presented with a trowel and mallet and laid the stone, after which the Attorney-General delivered an address
His Excellency was then intertained afc luncheon at the College House. Later on there Was a large assemblage in Trafalgar Park, 630 Volunteers being drawn up. Nelson's signal was flown, and the ensign was lowered half mast. The Bishop of Nelson offered a prayer, the Rev. McKee Wright recited Kipling's "Recessional," and the Governor gave an address on the objects of the Navy League, explaining that its object was the protection of the weak, not Jingoism. The band then played "The Death of Nelson," aftor which the British and : French flags were raised together and "God Save the King" rendered. After this-a review of troops .took place. The artillery, mounted and infantry, numbered 630, and the Governor highly complimented them on the splendid muster and their good work.' In the evening the Fire Brigades formed a torchlight procession, arid ■w ere inspected by his Excellency. Later the Navy League met aria drank to the memory of Nelson, and cabled to the Navy League, London: '•'Nelson living honours Nelson the in-mortal." -...,...'
the proceedings throughout were a great success. ■ ;.,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12634, 23 October 1905, Page 5
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315NELSON ENTHUSIASTIC. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12634, 23 October 1905, Page 5
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