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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 11

The members of the Technical Education Board were discussing, at last week’s meeting, the most suitable day upon which to get the Premier (as Minister for Education) to lay the foun-dation-stone of the new workshops. Mr James Robertson waxed quite scornful when someone suggested Trafalgar Day. “Just as we are getting up friendly relations with France,” he said, “here we are talking of Trafalgar Day! If we are going to celebrate all our victories, we ought to put on sackcloth for our defeats. I think it’s a lot of humbug, this celebration of Trafalgar Day.” Then somebody laughed, and Labour Day was selected without objection-