DOMINION DAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1242, 26 September 1911, Page 5

DOMINION DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IN WELLINGTON, SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, CADET liEVmw AT NEWTOWN PARK. The anniversary of tho passing of tin 0 d New Zealand colony and the advent of the now Dominion of New Zealand wos celebrated in Wellington yesterday with appropriate.ooroinonial, the day being observed as a Government aud municipal holiday. Tho weather, 'though not altogether perfect, by reason, of a fairly stiff northerly, was nevertheless fine-surprisingly fine in view oi , the unpropitious character of tiio morning. I n the forenoon the flag was sauted by the Junior Cadots and the other children at the various schools, and dcl?vcr^d aPPrOI ' rlale l 0 1110 oca>siou wre „ '- 1 "/ , " Terrace School wos honoured with a nsit by tho Prime Minister, who struck " fe of patriotism and loyalty to tho ' Vour-yenr-old Dominion. • . The Hon. J. A. Miliar was to have ad. dressed the school children at Tβ Aro, but was unable to fo present. The ceremonial at the schools was more 01 less the samiwiliort addresses, the unfurling of the 'school flag, tho royal A l , H° by tU ° 1 ™?? is > r,nd l,l ° --National tl,« rTi^n 15 children. .At tho Clyde Quay, School an essay, conipctd™n,,vf ,lOld m, connection with the event, Jio prizes f w th c samo i K ; ng prc , H," Si V^' , chairman of CommMtoe.- The winners were . adjudged to be E. TMshworth and E. Moss. SQIDSER& OF TO-MORROW. THE CADET REVIEW, ' AN INT.BEESTIMG CEREMONIAL. Between, four and five thousand people assembled at Newtown Park in the afternoon to witness tho cadet review.by hia Excellency the Governor. There was a muster of fiome 1300 cadets, and as they paraded in review order, by battalions, tliey present an exceptionally smart appearance. On tho extreme right of the me stooc , , ihe boys of the Amokura, emblematic, of the Royal Navy; then canto the. seijjor cadet battalion, consisting of tho V ellington College, St. Patrick's ColW. >St. Anno's and St, Vincent Cadets, and lastly, on the left of the lino, four baiSalioiis of jersey-clad junior . cadets. ■Uto turf was in good order—tho reverse was thc case on thc occasion of thc Coronation review in Juno Inst— and tho marching of all concerned was particularly good. "-The departure of his Excellency irom Government House was signalled by .a detachment of the D Battery, posted on a bluff to the north-east of tho Park, with a 15-pounder pun, and a. few minutes, after, Lord Islington, with his aidoa —Captain Shannon nud Captain Estoourt —arrived •at tho Park, and was received Jit the saluting bacs by tho assembled staff officers, and a royal salute from the cadet brigade and tho band. The ceremoroial inspection cf tho cadets followed, tho review party including Colonel E. S. Heard, Imperial General .Staff (Director of Staff Duties). Colonel A. W, Robin, C.8., New Zealand General Staff (Adjutant-General), Colonel B. J. Collins, C.M.G. (Honorary A.D.C.), Lieu. tenant-Colonel G. N. Jolinston (l)irectur of Ordnance), Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Knox (Quartprmaster-General), Major J. G. Hughes, D.5.0., Major ,T. E. Hume, U.N./i.A.) Captain J. E. Duigan, Captain M. M, Gardiner, and Captain Symou. After tho inspection, thn cadets marched past the saluting base, reformed, and art.viinced in review order, in lines of batalions (in quarter-column of companies). Tlio Boyal salute, "Present Arms," and the National Anthem concluded tho , . ceremonial. There were no speeches, nnd tho cadets, who had acquitted themselves most ■-creditably, were dispersed immediately afterwards. • ' The junior cadet battalions numbered hi'all 085, all ranks—No. 1 Battalion (Major Hem pieman), 249; No. 2 Battalion (Major M'Kcnzio), 255; No, 3 Battalion (Major /Botliune), 279; No. i Battalion (Major Erskiuc), 199. Thirty-two oilicors paraded with the junior cadet battalions, t'lie senior cadot battalion included four companies of Wellington College Cadets, 183; St. Patrick's College Cadct-s, 70; St. Anne's and St. Vincent Cadets, 20; Amokura detachment, nlxmt 50. Tho senior cadet battalion was in charge of Major Mathoson, while Major T. w. M'Donald, Commandant of tho New Zealand"Junior Cadets, assisted by Captain A. H. EaFfuu (Adjutant, Fifth Bogimcut), and Lieutenant A. C. C. Stephens, Cadet Staff Officer, commanded tho brigade. Jupp's Band and tho Wellington Pipers paraded for the review. The Horctauiifra Mounted 'Rifles furnished tho escort to his Excellency tho Govcrnor. Tho policing of the Park by the men of the Boyal New Zealand Artillery, nnd a staff of police, was admirable.