EMPIRE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 825, 25 May 1910, Page 7

EMPIRE DAY.

- IHB POSITION IN ENGLAND. ftrTeleeraDh—Press ireociatlon-CoDyrlibt. London, May 23. The London County Council has canjelled, the Empire Day half-holiday; Bead teachers will give addresses in the schools, lasting, half an hour, on the luties'.of citizenship. .The Earl of ifeath, who initiated the Empire Day movement, tentatively suggests June .6 (the date of the late Queen Victoria's coronation) as a suitable day )n which to hold the postponed Empire Day demonstrations. • IN SYDNEY. . . Sydney, MaV 24. The weather promises fine for the Empire Day celebrations, which will he on She usual lines, though less elaborate, >wing to King Edward's death. (feec. May "24,' 0.15 p.m.) Sydney, May 24. Empire Day was celebrated in the jchools in the usual way, and was oblerved quietly in the city. Twenty. tuou-' Sand gathered in ffbnt of the post office jn<l sang "Rule Britannia" and the Nalional Anthem. The , gathering, confludcd with cheers.for King George V. Yesterday was Empire Day, but, owing to the recent death of King Edward, and also in view of the fact that the reigning Sovereign's birthday falls on June 3, the occasion was allowed to pass almost unohssryctl in Wellington. The Government offices were not closod, and the public schools did not keep holiday, though,in many of them steps were taken to Temind Ihe ..scholars of the significance of the Etnpire._ The pedestol of. the statue of Queen Victoria, whose birthday coincides with- Empire Day, was decorated ■ with white chrysanthemums, . lawrels, and native foliage. The Veterans' Association held their annual dinner and ball in the. evening.