AUSTRALIA DAY

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 28 January 1933, Page 9

AUSTRALIA DAY

CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK. TRIBUTES TO~RECOVERY. (United Press association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.; NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Australian anfl other British Empire residents in New York celebrated Australia Day at a. meeting of the British Luncheon Club to-day. Mr. Dow, the guest of honour, delivered an address commemorating the establishment of the colony in 1788 and the declaration of the Commonwealth in 1901. The British Consul-General, Mr Campbell, who acted as luncheon toastmaster, read a message from the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, congratulating the Commonwealth. Club members applauded when Mr. Dow said that while on last Australia Day Commonwealth bonds were selling in the “thirties” and defaults were pending, they were now selling in the “eighties” and “nineties” and the country was well on the way to recovery. He praised the Premiers’ Plan and suggested America might consider accepting such a plan. “Never before liavp Australians expressed with such emphasis the words ‘Advance Australia,’ ” concluded Mr. Dow.

INFLUENCE OF SOCIALISTS

DISCARDED' JUST IN TIME

LONDON, Jan. 27. Speaking at the Devonshire Club, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, declared Australia was struggling to emerge from the mess th© Socialists placed her in a year ago. “The Socialist Government,” he said, “indulged in every political heresy and tried almost every shibboleth and catchword, bringing the nation to the verge of ruin. Thank God the people rid themselves of the Socialists, like Britain, only just in time in both cases.”

SERVICE AT LOiNtfON CHURCH. ACHIEVEMENT OF GREAT THINGS. LONDON, Jan. 26. Mr and Mrs 'Stanley Bruce and 200 Australians attended an" Australian Anniversary Day service jn St. Dnnstan’s Church in the city. An,. Australian flag suspended from the window of a Japanese wool buyer’s office to the church overhung the entrance. Dr. Scott Lidgett took for his text “Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” He said Australia had a chiefs ed great things- in the past and would achieve greater things in the future. Australia, was dealing with speeial problems of political relationship which might illuminate the Empire’s problems generally.

Misses Victoria Anderson and Viola Morris sang Psalm duets.