HONOURING THE FLAG.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11305, 21 June 1902, Page 4

HONOURING THE FLAG.

CEREMQNY AT BURWOOD. . w — . •■■■-■ v - - A pleasant ceremony took place in the schoolground of the Burwood School yesterday afternoon, -when the flag presented by the School Committee was formally hoisted. Mr Samuel Judd>, the Chairman of the Committee, took his seat on a small platform at the foot of the flagpole, with tne Rev. G. Manifold andi Mr W. Wl Tanner, M.H.R., beside him, while behind this party were the members of the Committee and others, and the children were drawn up in line along tihe sidss of the school. After a few wordfe by Mr Juddj the flag was hoisted by three girls of the school, Misses Daisy Davidson, Nellie de la Cour, and Gladys Judd. The National Anthem was sung, and three cheers were given for the King.; Brief speeches, appropriate to the occasion, were made by the Revs. F. R-. Inwood and G. Manifold, Mr W. W. Tanner, M.H.R.> and Mr George King. The children sang "The Red, White and Blue," and " Soldiers of the King." They were then Tjiven the Coronation souvenir cards,: which, in the case of the other schools, will .;■ be, distributed on the 26th, bearing the portraits of the King and Queen, with the motto, "Honi soit gui mai y pense," and an inscription presenting the Aew Zealand Government's compliments. Cheers were given for the speakers, the. School Committee, the Flagpole Committee, the Chairman, and others, and refreshments, which had been provided by Mr George King, were then served. A social was held in the* schoolroom last evening, and waseta well attended. The flag, which is a !New Zealand Ensign, measures 2ft by 6ffc. The height of the flagpole from. the ground is 65ffc'9in, and'"the gilded weather cock at its top adds another five feet. The. flagpole is stated! to be the highest of any school in Canterbury.