THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 159, 5 July 1917, Page 10

THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

In honour nf tlie Declaration of tlie lndepoudon.o of the fluted States, which occurred on -Inly -1. ITTii. tiie star- and stripes tloated from a number ot buildings in the City ve-terdav. The I'nited •stater- ( onsul General. Mr A. A. Winslow, held quite a levee during the day at the ollh-e. l'nion Building-. < nsUniStreet \\"est. Kvery ti-:t„r was'welcoined with tiie ('oiisiil-Generitl's well known courtesy. During the day o\ or 10') American citizens and prominent professional and bu-iness men of Auckland tailed at the Consulate. Amongst the callers were: Tbe Deputy-Mayor (Mr A. J. Kntr'u-ani. the chairman of the Harbour Board (Mr 11. D. Heathen, tbe various foreign Consuls.

The Hon. Arthur Myers sent the following telegram: "Hearty congratulations to .Mm and fellow citizens on the one hundred and forty-first annivorsary of the Declaration of the independent. of the I'nited States of America, which , this year you are celebrating during a state of nar entered into for the preservation of the identical principles America publicly adopted in 177 ii. 1 trust in future years July 4 may he rivalled by April"-. 1917. as tin epo.-li-makiug date in American national his-I tory. as the day upon which \ollr great deuTOeratic country again declared for; independence, honour and civilisation.'" !