EMPIRE DAY.
CELEBRATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH.
[FltOM OTJB COIfRESPONDENT.]
CHRISTCHURCH, May 15: . The Mayor has proclaimed.Empire Daj a" public holiday optional- to shops and factories. V At present: the only attempt at public celebration is addresses to the public school .cadets, who will parade at the' King Edward; Barracks/ and march to the statue of Queen Victoria. 'The Mayoi' and other prominent citizens will be the speakers. The Mayor favours a patriotic gathering, and will try to arrange it. He says that they should not allow this day,. with its many patriotic associations, to fizzle out. * i
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 118, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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96EMPIRE DAY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 118, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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