THE CORONATION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 June 1911, Page 6

THE CORONATION.

PUBLIC MEETING OF GUI'JINS. LOCAL CELEBRATIONS; In pursuance of ah ihviiation by Ins Worship the Mayor, a meeting of citizens was held in the Borough Council f. narri hers last night for the Purpose of taking steps to commemorate the Coronation of King George V on Thursday, June 22nd. Tiieie iiferli present, the. M.iyn’ (in the child ), Cbunclilbrs Kerf; .PSrlthiS* and rweeiman, Me’sSrk SkpglujiJ, ijcjig i’ Keenan, W. Martin, F. H; KeddelL H. W. J. Johnson, a reon. wnuaMe of the “Star,” and the low i clerk ~ The Mayor said the attendance did not JHjday ihuclf credit to the citizens, but lit; tlidUglit fHitt there Mere* Sufficient pre*so •: to set matters going,' rod lie hoped th;t the result would bo ?ati.s!;(ctbry The day would be a general holiday, arid iC would like to ■cc ~io 'T.'ldicn l,:.ve some sort of treat that woidd impress them with the importance of the day and give them reason to remember it The iioi’diigh Council at their Finance Committee meeting recently, had voted £25 towards the expenses of the day,- hid he hoped* that something in the nature of a permanent memorial would result as the Government had promised to give £1 lot every £1 raised locally up to £250 towards any such public memorial, and that was an offer too good fo all W to pass without an effort being made. The c fore he would leave it to the meeting i o SSy what should he done, firstly, to gi e •the ■ children it trtat, and, secondly, towards raising £250 to seclirC the, subs etv of a like amount- He enumerated sew 'id things that might be adopted, such as a swimming bath, a new Sailors’ .Rest, I nt would leave it to the meeting to ma.ee its own decision. He hoped that (lay would have the support of the local l ands and the territorials, and considered Cat they should meet in front of the !• -v. n Hall and march to the Park, whii h he understood could be obtained C rcc cl charge, and where they could ,p children’s sports and races, and give them an enjoyable afternoon, and send one and all away with a reminder -J • lie occasion.

Mr Keddcll reminded the m feting of the successful gathering- on the '■■ccasion of the late Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, w'wn everyone turned out and the ■'• i:<J n spent a most enjoyable day. Mr Perkins said he was afro I t. ey would not be able to yet the xbtvk on the 22nd, as if, was engaged for an i’ ;• portent football match, but they might secure the Recreation Ground.

Ml’ Kerr was very strongly in favour of having a permanent memorial established, as it would be a Pity to allow fe £250 Government subsidy to O r the want of a little energy. Th y -<i not want a band rotunda and co erect H Sailors’ "Rest would be very well but it would not provide any reven e. A public swimming bath woull be seif sn; - porting, and most probably would run revenue as it had done elsewhere. He be lieved that in Masterfon a public swimming bath had been constructed for £SOO and at Tima i n for £650. Mr Camnbell said the bath at T ti.un had cost £650. Mr Kerr said that if Timaru w’lli a much larger population than Greyer ttf.li could build a bath for £650, Greyr.cutii ought to do so and secure the M.bsidy i of £250. A site was available on t'.iC Petrie Avenue near the Gasworks, f io where the steam could he utilin-I for heating the water. He moved that the sum of £25 be spent in providing anu:-*' ment for the children on Coronation Day and that the citizens be asked to 1 ■ tribute towards construction of a public swimming bath, and that it be a recommendation to the Borough Council to apply for the subsidy. A bath would conduce to the health of the community and provide recreation for everyone. Mr Sweetman said there would be a difficulty in procuring a supply of water. At present they were running very close to the supply and the bath would exceed it. Mr Kerr said that the bath at Reef ton was paying handsomely and the lessee was doing well out of it. He urged teat Greymouth should not be behind in sn:U a necessary work. The Mayor, in reply to Mr Skoglund, stated that they were something oyer £4OOO in arrears of income, and a special rate would probably have to be struck. Hence the Council would not be justified in incurring the expense. Mr Kerr suggested that it would be better to raise the money by a special rate than by subscriptions, as everyone would bear the expense proportionately. Mr Keddell did not think that £SOO would go far towards the cost of construction, and there was the water difficulty to contend with. The Mayor said that Irishman’s Dam was under offer to them and might be used for the purpose. Mr Kerr here divided bis motion, and the portion relating to the function on Coronation Day was put and car ried, without dissent-

Mr W. Martin said he would he glad to do any carting on the occasion free of charge, so that the childretn might have a thoroughly good day. The portion of the resolution, dealing with the recommendation to the Borough Council to erect a public swimming hath, was also put and carried. A sub-committee was then elected, con sisting of the Mayor, Councillors h err, Rweetman and Perkins, Mesrs Keddoll, Johnson and Betts, with power to add to their number, to carry out the day’s programme. A vote of thanks to the Mayor closed the meeting. DUNEDIN CELEBRATIONS. far TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO THE STAR ] DUNEDIN, Tns Day. Subject to the churches altering the hour for beginning their services in l conation Day to 10.15 instead of 10.39 as previously arranged, the military antho‘l- - will make common cause with the civic authorities in order to make the proposed monster procession, which vll lie the feature of the dav, a prononm ed success. This trifling concession wul f.iipbla the procession marshals to beep faitr with the military, who are anxious that the military manoeuvres, which aie of a somewhat complicated nature, shall start p-t noon punctually and oc brought to a close by 1 p.m. A Royal .-a'ute will ho fired by the Parpianent Artillery, ett no feu de jnie will be niven. The Harrison Band and nea l.pun ters’ staff will attend service at the Cathc Jvtl. Members of companies will go tot heir individual churches. THE ILLUMINATIONS. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, This Day. The Federal Cabinet confines the Coronation decorations to illumination of Parliament house.