EMPIRE DAY CHANGE
term COMMONWEALTH JNSTEAB ! LONDON COUNCIL PLAN (IJnrfcso Pk*" Association —By Electrio Telegraph Copyright) ■ . V " . LONDON. April 28. The- Labour Party on the London County Council intends to transform Empire Dav in the schools into a Commonwealth' Day. Mr Morrison announced that the Labour Party desired to celebrate the occasion m no jingoistic,, flag-wagging spirit, nor clul it wish to implant feelings o. militarism and racial superiority in children’s minds. It should stimulate a domestic love of country and family feelin" within the British Commonwealth- of Nations, coupled with a desire for. still wider family fellowship through the League of Nations.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 1 May 1934, Page 8
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103EMPIRE DAY CHANGE Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 1 May 1934, Page 8
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