EMPIRE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 7

EMPIRE DAY.

EVENTS AT HOME.

Demonstrations of People's Loyalty.

CHILDREN CELEBRATE

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' Keceired 10.30 a.m.) LONDON", May H. Empire Day was celebrated all over i the country. School children ! marched past saluting- the Union Jack, j and the British Empire Union distri- ' buted 200.000 miniature Union Jacks J for button-holes and 10,000 ones I for flying: and 20.000 Empire Day i medals. j Many shops were gaily decorated with j Dominion flags and there were special, •'displays of Empire foods. GREETINGS TO N\Z. SCHOOL CHILDREN , S MOTION, i 'Received U a.ni.i LOXDON. May J4. Three thousand London school children attended the Empire Day demou- ! stration at the Guildhall. \ After hearing Sir James Parr"? slow--1 ing picture of N"e\v Zealand children's i loyalty and stories of their long jour- i ueys to school, it vas resolved on the ! motion of a hoy of teti to a-W the Lord' Mayor to send greetings to the overseas j , scholar'. • !>ir James Parr uryod x. ?v-teui of \ inter-scbool correspondence.— (A. and; X.Z. and Sydney "Sjun.") i J THAT TRADE BALANCE, j i BUSINESS WITH CANADA. i ___^ : 'Received n a.m.* LONDON", May 24. ! 1 Sir James Parr, in a speech at the i Canadian Chamber of Commerce Empire ; Day lunch, drew attention to Canada's ] trade balance being unfavourable to ' New ZealandHe believed Mr. J. G. Coates had I taken up the matter but personally he urged the Canadian Trade Minister to visit New- Zealand and remedy the ( ! balance.— (A. and X.Z. and Svdnev i ! "Sun.") . i i ——-—--= ,;