ANNIVERSARY DAY

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20731, 16 December 1932, Page 13

ANNIVERSARY DAY

4iggANSEMENTS FOR CELEBRATION. record that December 16th, * ,tf ' , 4jl beautiful summer day, and s** Canterbury Pilgrims who ar- , j_ t t e Jtoa harbour by the Charan a the Bandolpb, the pleastL Doashle first impressions of the '"Sljilfcit * as t0 be their future *« The following day the Sir iL Seymour arrived, but it was not WWjVelber 27th that the fourth vessel, reached port. The Isabella arrived on February *9sfl and the Castle Eden, which '!**!»» Maieh Ist, 1851, brought the *Si« cf tho 120 ° colonists ho r T\ fi jjie new settlement under the Association's colonisation *Sr'ilßy of the arrival of the Chara, Jase «H* the Ka ndol P h determined of Anniversary Day, and up ** flluty or thirty-five years - Deesmhcr 16th was observed *P i general holiday. Some 5 As PBgri«" who stiU r . emain Z2*ax descendants recall when it was BET, of days" of the whole year, J£ fta pioneers and their children of the population of ChristSsTcity and ° f the provincial towns Sj ae sports on Latimer square, JsTworeester street was continued vSrfr ; * *n the evenin S tae toroa_ Secession of the Fire Brigade Sdl display of fireworks delighted *SiVd » ld - The P roximitv of ■iS»«7 t0 the Christmas and ffw holidays, amongst other rea2*M resulted in the disappearance !Si«a8»l holiday and the celebraSlteisg restricted to ceremonies of the Canterbury 2£L.r «ad Early Settlers' AssociaDay is still a bank .FgL, asd most of the Government ;:Sjm«l. body offices are closed. Hpftpt' Association's Arrangements. Warnrasements made by the Canand Early Settlers' ■'SSfrtian for the celebration of Anni:2S?B*y are as follows: a^y ) .Deeember 16th—At Christ's t|Sb at «* ">•» the flag o£ the ; 3j Jane will be broken. At : S«, at 10.30 a.m., the ship to be Sins the signal station, and rJK» welcomed by the Mayor of ISfettoa outside the Borough Council {S& Tea provided. Train to ; Hea 10 ajn., returning 11.20 a.m. December 17th-Garden «S^Tl'Btorlaw," St Martins, the iSK of the Hon. G. J. Smith Stfly lent for the occasion). 'Sky, December 18th—A service to ?Sin the Cathedral, Dean Julius ftEfie preacher. At Lyttelton, serW'viHbe held in Trinity Church, 6 oldest church in Canterbury.