THE DOMINION MEDAL.
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■ 1 The. above is a full-size reproduction of tho designs on...the obverse and reverse sides of the Dominion medals L to be presented to-the school, childron throughout the Dominion of New Zenland to-day. The medals are made of magnaliuuij an alloy of| aluminium and magnesium.
_ The proceedings will conclude wi'th the singing of ono vorse of the National Anthem, after which the;school children will be convoyed home again by tlio special cars which brought them-to the Basin Reserve, while the cadet battalions will march up to the Garrison Hall, in Buckle Street, where a luuch will be served. ." THE MILITARY REVIEW. The chief attraction of the afternoon will bo tho grand military review at Newtown Park, at 2.30 o'clock. The Wellington Rifle Battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Duthie, will parade at Bunny Street, near the Government Buildings, at 1.45 p.m., and will march via the principal thoroughfares (tho Vivian Street car route) to Newtown. Tho colours will bo borne by Lieutenants Mce and Eastgate. Tho Maxim gun detachment will be furnished by the Kelburne Rifles. The re-, i view by his Excellency is timed for 3 p.ia.' . THE EVENING FESTIVITIES. In the evening Parliament' House, the Government Buildings, and the • General Post Office will bo brilliantly illuminated: the bands will play from the various centres, and will converge upon the Town -Hall, where a demonstration will take place at 8 p.m. A musical programme will be given by a large choir under Mr. -Robert Parker, and speeches will be delivered by his. Excellency' tho Governor and tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward); The Manawatu portion of the Third Bat-, talion; Wellington Public School Cadets, under Major G. M. Burlinson, of the Weraroa Training Farm, arrived in' town at 5 p.m. yesterday, and, headed by the pipers of tho Weraroa detachment, marched through the principal streets to the parade ground at tho Garrison Hall, where the necessary number of . tents for the-comfortable billeting of the boys had been pitched. Thanks to the efforts of Mr. F. K. do Castro, of the Education Department, and Hen. Captain O'Sullivan, of tho Defence Stores Department; who personally welcomed the contingent on its arri-val-at tho camping, ground; a; good tea was ready, and. the boys settled down very comfortably. The contingent consists.of No. 1 Company, Weraroa (Captain Eggleton),' 54; No. 2 Company. Levin District High' School (Captain Burns), 70; Boys' Training Farm Brass Band, 20; Pipers, 7; Staff, including three subaltern officers, the quarter-master, and the officer commanding, 5; total, 156; After-tea, the contingent, headed by their pipers, marched down to the city, -and divided, one half going to the Theatre Royal, and the other half to His Majesty's, the respective managements of ivhich had. very kindly offered to 'ontertain the boys; needless .'to say, the youngsters hugely enjoyed themselves. Major Burlinson -wishes to thank the Messrs. Fuller, of, tho Theatro Royal, and the management of the Royal Pictures Syndicate, for their kindness, and also to express his appreciation of tho excellent arrangements made by the authorities for tho comfort. of the ' boys during their' stay in Wellington. , The remainder of the , battalion —the Johnsonville, Hutt, and.Petone detachments—will arrive in town early this morning, and will rendezvous at the Garrison Hall, prior to the commencement of the proceedings at the Basin Reserve..
As Mr. Robert Parker "was unfortunately, indisposed last evening, the rehearsal by the' combined choir organised for tho musical portion of tho demonstration at the Town Hall this evening, was conducted by Mr. F. V. Waters. Tho practice was well attended, and tho numbers selected for, the. programme were successfully rehearsed. The popular " Soldiers' Chorus " ("Glory and Love to the Men of Old "), from " Faust" (Gounod), should prove a very popular item at the concert this evening. In connection with to-day's celebrations, it is notified by tho Tramways Department that it may be necessary to divert the cars from Government Station' to Newtoivu, and ,vicc versa, from Cuba and Vivian Streets, to Courtenay Place and Kent Terrace between 11.30 a.m. and 1.0 p.m. The cars will bo diverted from Lambton Quay to Jervois Quay from 2.0 p.m., until the' military proncssion has cleared Manners and .Cuba Strcots. The Wallace Street and Constable Street cars will bo diverted* from Jervois Quay to Lambton Quay from 7.30 p.m. until conclusion of tho reception at the Town Hall. In each instanco regular service running will be resumed at the earliest opportunity. • ■ •
All telegraph and-telephone,offiees are to bo opened for business on Dominion Day, between 9 and 10 a.m.' In addition; offices which open on holidays will'observe published' holiday hours. CELEBRATION IN OTHER ' CENTRES. (BI telegraph.—special cobeespondent.) Palmcrston North, September 25. Beyond a few . minor school-: celebrations to-morrow, Dominion Day will pass practically unobserved as far as the business people are concerned. >• • Featherston, September 25.' The children attending the local school were this afternoon presented with-, the Dominion Day medals. The cadets saluted tho flag, and the medals were distributed by Mr. I. O. Everton, headmaster. m . ■ Auckland, September 25.! . The observance of Dominion Day in Auckland is not arousing any enthusiasm. .Before, the dose of business at the City Council meeting last evening the Mayor. (Mr. A. M. Myers) referred to the desire of the Prime Minister for. tho celebration of Dominion Day, and .went on to say that the Education Board had not seen fit to fall in with tho. request that there should be a cadet parade on the occasion. .It was quite apparent • that - there existed amongst the people a feeling that Dominion Day should be celebrated on another day such as Labour Day. There were; too many holidays altogether. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was to be regretted that the authorities did not mako arrangements to have Dominion Day officially commemorated on one of the other' holidays,. and it was to be regretted that such an important anniversary would therefore not receive the. general recognition it should. He would be present at the review in bis official capacity as Mayor of the city. l Mr- C. J. Parr- (chairman -of* the Board of Education) said the board was unanimousthat there was no necessity and no', good reason why the cadets should make a special parade. Tile board felt it was a holiday that no one particularly wanted. Saturday commenced. the Michaelmas . holidays, and teachers and cadets wanted to get away. .The city schools celebrated Dominion Day this_ afernoon: by . a parade. Each, scholar received a Dominion Day medal.
(31 TELEGRAPH—FUESS ASSOCIATION.) • Christohuroh, September 25. The distribution of Dominion Day medalsto children attending the various city and suburban schools took place The Education Department had previously expressed a desire that the formal celebration should ,take place oi£ Saturday at 11 a.m.-, in order to secure uniformity in respect'to the time of the; proceedings throughout the Dominion. Owing to a parade of cadets being called for Saturday afternoon it was. considered in Christchurch that it would be preferable to hold 'the function on Friday, so that the cadet corps could participate ia it. The probability of the cadets turning out twice on Saturday was thought >to ba rather remote, so the morning function wa; abandoned in favour of the review. Timaru, September 2-5. Dominion Day was observed at the town schools this afternoon instead of to-morrow," as it was doubted whether the .children would assemble on a Saturday. The head teachers, or chairmen of ; committees, addressed the children, and the commemorative medals were distributed! . ' Invercargill, September 25. There will be no formal celebrations of Dominion Day to-morrow other than the fly-, ing of bunting and a mayoral banquet. Today Dominion medals were presented to the pupils at the different schools..
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 8
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