TRAFALGAR CENTENARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12991, 7 October 1905, Page 7

TRAFALGAR CENTENARY.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AUCKLAND CELEBRATION. The Trafalgar Centenary Celebration Committee held a meeting in the Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of making the Sinai arrangements tor the j celebration in Auckland. ' The Mayor (Mr. A. M. Myers) presided. The following recommendations from the nub-committee, appointed to confer with ihe head-teachers and staffs of the various schools as to what, steps should be taken, were presented by Mr. Ralph D. Stewart : — 1 1. That the Board of Education be asked to. permit the schools to be closed at noon oil Friday, October 20. 2. That, the march bo confined to the cadet corps, and thai they bo asked to assemble at the Drill-shed at two p.m., thence to march, preceded bybauds, to the Metropolitan Ground. There tho signal will be hoisted, a salute fired, and the National Anthem sung. They will then march via Shortland and Queen Streets to th© Drill Hall, where a biograph entertainment, appropriate to the occasion, will lie given. 3. The children of Standards IV., V., and VI. are to be asked to assemble, at Ihe Metropolitan Ground, and spaces are to be roped off for the public, so that the ground may be properly kept. The Mayor, in speaking to the recommendations, gave particulars of the afternoon and evening performances, which were offered by the proprietor of a cinematograph and variety company, for the sum of £25. It was thought by some that the ceremony would be very dull for the children. The entertainment,' however, would provide the way out of the difficulty. Captain Woolcombe, commander of 11.M.5. Prometheus, | had.offered to land a guard of honour, and j Colonel Davics, the. officer commanding tho district, had offered to do anything to make the day a success. Tho signal could be i hoisted, tho salute fired, and a guard of [ honour provided from the cadets, the warship, and the. Permanent Force. Then i there could be a march of the cadets, headed 1 by the bands, to the Drill Hall, where a performance could take place, and suitable speeches included in the programme. He read a letter from Mr. H. C. Wat or"Id, private secretary to His Excellency the Governor, granting permission for the use of tho Metropolitan Ground for tho hoisting of the flag ceremony. The recommendations were adopted. A report was submitted by the Entertainment Committee, including tho programme proposed for the afternoon and evening entertainments in tho Drill Hall. The committee suggested that if funds were required a charge for admission could be made for. at any rate, the evening meeting. It was decided, after some discussion, to make no charge for the entertainments, and the offer of Mr. Charles Cooper to supply cinematograph pictures and a number of illustrated songs was referred to the Musical Committee with power to act. It was also Jecided to ask the Rev. C. H. Garland and Canon MacMtirray to address tho afternoon meeting. In regard to the evening meeting the .choice of speakers was left to the committee having charge of the programme. Correspondence was read from the ministers of several churches, intimating that they would fall in with the' committee's suggestion in regard to special sermons, find devote any sum above the average collection to the Veterans' Home. ' v Mr. L. J. Bagnall, on behalf of the Finance Committee, reported that they had met with very fair success, tho sum of £25 having been obtained. He thought it would! take about £100 to carry out the programme proposed, and added that- if there was a sur- j plus the subscribers were being informed that it would be devoted to the funds of the Veterans' Homo. The 'Mayor mentioned that Captain Woolcombe, of H.M.s. Prometheus, would prov;de the famous signal in flags, "England; expects that* every man this day will do his duty," upon the flagstaff. -