TRAFALGAR DAY WREATH .*■ It was announced at a meeting of the executive of the Wellington branch of the Navy League yesterday afternoon that the New Zealand wreath to bo sent to London for the Trafalgar Day ceremony had already been prepared from native flora and preserved in n block of ice. The wreath was to bo inspected by the Governor-Gcnoral (Lord Bledisloo) and Lady Blcdisloo before being placed on board the Eangitane for shipment to England. Two bronze plates bearing suitable inscriptions are to bo presented to the new British destroyers Esk and Eclipse, ships bearing the names of vessels* which took part in the Maori wars. Members of sub-committees were elected as follows: —Education and publicity committee, Messrs. W. A. Armour, B. A. Moore, and Dr. Graham Eobertson; finaneo committee, Messrs. Gordon Reid, B. A. Moore, and Captain Hartnian-
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 16
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