THE RECORD REIGN CELEBRATION. AN ADDRESS FROM NEW ZEALAND WOMEN.

Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 141, 16 June 1897, Page 5

THE RECORD REIGN CELEBRATION. AN ADDRESS FROM NEW ZEALAND WOMEN.

[press association.] (Received June 16, 10 a.m.) London, 15th June. Mrs. Seddon is to present to the Queen tlie address on behalf of the Women's Political League of ' New Zealand.. CiiKisTcnußCH, 15th June. The Record Reign is to be celebrated here in a thorough manuer. A procession of the trades societies, fire brigades, local bodies, &c, in the morning , will pass through triumphal arches erected by the City Council, en route to the show grounds, where 1500 children will sing the National Anthem in the grandstand. The procession will then disbaud, and military sports will occupy most of the day. There will be illuminations in the evening on a large scale, and they promise to be far and away better than those at the Jubilee celebrations iv ISB7. - *r-- r '~^ This Day. At a meeting' held for the purpose of forming and planting the Victoria Park in. Cashmere Hills Domain [in accordance with; a suggestion made by Mr. Rollf ton, M.H.R., it was decided- to carry «ut the work. A sum of £112 has, already been subscribed. The Lyttelton Demonstration Committee in connection with the Jubilee festivities was disbanded lasi night, as it was the opinion of its members that the Borough Counoil had not met the Committee in the proper spirit. The Council offered a £ for £ subsidy up to £20 subscribed by the. people. The Committee did not think this suflicient. • Dunedin, 15th June. In connection with the illuminations o£ the city, the Underwriters' Association has issued notifications to policy-holders as to precautions to be taken, and pointing out that illuminations or transparencies on wooden exterior walls are not permitted, while retail shopkeepers including other than ordinary lights in their windows will commit a breach of the fire policy conditions. Auckland, I,sth June. It has been decided to have bonfires » lighted on the night of the; 22nd on every volcanic cone around Auckland. ! Gkeymouth, 15th June. The permission which had been gramtedto run a train next Sunday between Greymouth and Reefton has been withdrawn, and it is feared that the Jubilee deinonstra* tiou will be sadly interfered with.