CELEBRATIONS IN SYDNEY

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 105, 28 January 1938, Page 11

CELEBRATIONS IN SYDNEY

Band Competitions Begin THANKSGIVING SERVICE - (Received January 27, 11.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 27. Although the chief pageant marking the anniversary celebrations has passed, the festivities will continue until April 25. The weather was unkind for to-day’s parade of bandsmen of 18 bands through the city. Great crowds were disappointed when a storm interrupted it. Band competitions, however, began in the evening. An Anglican thanksgiving service was held to-night on the harbour. About seven thousand people cruised in the five largest ferries and participated in a service conducted by the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll. Proceedings were broadcast and amplified by loudspeakers. The Celebrations Committee to-day decided that it would be inadvisable to re-enact the landing of Governor Phillip or to repeat yesterday’s pageant of the March to Nationhood, as had previously been decided. Considerable adverse comment is appearing in the Press because the Australian athletes in yesterday’s procession of Empire Games competitors were attired in civilian clothes. The concensus of opinion is that they should have been fitted dnt in the regulation blazers and hats after the manner of visiting competitors. Mr. W. E. Parry, New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs, visited the athletes’ village and met the New Zealand games team this afternoon. He spent some time with them and learned they were perfectly comfortable. Happy speeches were made in which good wishes were exchanged with the team manager. The city last night was a mass of moving, orderly humanity viewing the illuminations, a feature of which was at Hyde Park, even the trees of which were illuminated with myriad multicoloured lights skilfully concealed among the leaves. There were terrific traffic jams. The police estimate that more than 1,000,000 people are gathered in the city. Yesterday’s casualties totalled 5346. The New Zealand float won the first prize in the historical section of yesterday’s procession. K BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP (Received January 27, 11.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 27. The elimination rounds in the pairs championship in the bowling carnival were begun to-day, but were interrupted in the afternoon by a storm. The two New Zealand pairs left in played at Mosman and Rose Bay respectively, Macey and Denison winning against the Queensland pair, Sheridan and Kerr, 2343, and Osmond and Goldfinch losing to the Queensland pair, Boden and Speed, 0-28. The Fijians, Taylor and Dobell, won, 16-14. Macey and Denison in the next round beat the Queenslanders, Boldery and Boldery, 17-15, but Taylor and Dobell wore beaten by the Victorian pair, 18-16. •