CORONATION DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIV, 19 June 1911, Page 2

CORONATION DAY.

The public will we have no doubt be pleased to leam that after all the day of His Majesty’s Coronation will not pass without observance in Patea. Thanks to the efforts of the school committee an excellent programme has been arranged in which the townspeople are heartily invited to take part. On Saturday the Headmaster Mr Robbie, accompanied by Mr Johnston, i assistant master, and Mr Wells, a member of the committee, made a tour of the business portion of the town, and in a very brief space of time had collected no leas than £lO 9s towards the cost of entertaining the children and had promises of £2 Os 6d in addition, His Worship the. Mayor very generously heading the list with a donation of two guineas. It has been decided that the surplus in hand, after paying all expenses in connection with the celebration, _to« gether with the Government subsidy be devoted towards the cost of • procuring a large bell for 'the school of which the latter is in much need at the present time. The bell could be known os the Coronation Bell, and all contributing to its purchase will be able to feel that they have'an interest in some permanent memorial of the King’s Coronation in Patea. Those desirous of contributing to the fund, and who have not yet been waited upon may leave their contributions with either Mr Robbie, Mr Larcombe the Chairman, or any mem i her of the school committee. The following is the programme in detail. Celebrations at Public School. \ 9.30 —School assemble. 1 9.45—SaluteFlag} National Anthem ; \ short addresses by the Mayor, 1 I Chairman of School Committee, ' I Mr Hemingway, and Rev. White, 1 | interspersed with songs and reci* 1 I tations. J 110,30 Distribution of Coronation ! f medals by Mayor, i i 11.0—Church parade. 1 1 3.0 - General muster at Domain toj H build huge bonfire. | | 4.0 —Tea- ; , 15i0 —• Light bonfire and fireworksj | display. | f G O —Torchlight procession back to * town. I r Hot water, tea, sugar, and mil| I will be provided. Parents and friends | i-are invited to attend the celebrations: | Rev Father Duffy has received the 1 following circular with regard to the observation of Coronation Day by tho members of his congregation ; It is right and proper that as ’ loyal and grateful subjects of His j Majesty King George Y., the f Catholics iu New Zealand should t heartily join their fellow subjects I throughout the Empire in duly celebrating his Coronation Day, [ by taking part in the public p festivities and by religious services, in order to bring down 5 the Almighty’s copious blessings j on the new reign and all the [ Empire. It is also becoming that 3 uniformity should prevail in our celebrations throughout the four 3 dioceses of this Ecclesiastical { Province. Accordingly, we 3 hereby request every priest iu 9 each diocese to celebrate a votive Mass of the Holy Ghost pro re 3 gravi on Coronation Day for the [ purposes aforesaid. We also recommend that the exact hour in New Zealand corresponding to t the hour of the Coronation at Westminster be ascertained, and that for at least half an hour the Church bell in each locality be rung in token of joy and thanksgiving.—Francis Redwood, S.M., Archbishop of Wellington, H; W. Oleary, Aishop of Auckland, J. J. Grimes, SM., t Bishop of Christchurce, M. j Yerdon, Bishop of Dunedin.