NELSON'S GREAT VICTORY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7264, 21 October 1910, Page 1

NELSON'S GREAT VICTORY

105TH ANZOTEBSAET. ] r • • c 3X)CAIi NAVY LEAGUE'S CELEBBATTONS. c To-day is the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the customary observance by the Navy League will obtain a throughout the Empire. At the snggestion of the local hon. secretary of the Navy League the Education "Board recently circularised over forty of the more important schools in the Wellington district as to the most suitable form of celebrating Trafalgar. It is stated: "The League hopes that as time coos on ■ the observance of this anniversary may bo more marked as a day of thanksgiving, not as glorification of a victory, but aa ! marking the occurrence which rendered posI niblc the formation of the British Empire. ! and -which also jaerres as the outward visible sign of the determination of Britons the •world over to maintain intact the heritage of sea Dower that has been handed c to them, it is honed, for all time." o In the circular to the teachers the sec- v retary of the Education Board (Sir G. L. fi Stewart) says that the form of the cele- Z oration is of course left to the discre- v Moil of the chairman of committee in con- r ference with the headmaster, but it is v suggested that a short address should be a iriven by the chairman or other member of o the committee or by the headmaster, that f. tbe school salute the flag, ivnd that a national pong or songs appropriate to the f occasion be rendered. >, o The Minister for Internal Affairs (the s Hon. D. Bnddo) has aporoved the Navy w League's suggestion that bunting should be h displayed on the Government buildings throughout the Dominion. The league hopes that flacs will be flown over business premises, as well as at private houses in Wellington. To-dav a wreath of Xew Zealand foliage*, encased in ice. pent by the Welllnerton branch of the Xavy League, will be placed at the foot of the Kelson monument. Tra- ex faigar Square, London. tu The Trafalgar Dav celebration supper "" originalh- fixed for this evening has been VTpostponed till the 26th inst. to snifc tho stl convenience oT a large number of influ- ' -* 1 mit.Ul patron* of the Jeasru*. tn