PEACE CELEBRATION.
A GOOD SUGGESTION. [FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Wellington, October 10. At a largely-attended meeting convened, by the Mayor in. connection with the proposal to fix a day for peace celebrations, a resolution was carried that Peace Celebration Day be " arranged between the Premiers of the different colonies, so that-it should be in reality a national peace celebration da y- ; ,'■ The Mayor made a suggestion that the celebration be delayed until the return of the Contingents from South Africa, but Colonel Hume pointed out that it would be impossible for more than £ne- third of the men .to, re turn, at once. He suggested that , the demonstration to returning soldiers, shquld_bo spread over two days, taking the form of a monster thanksgiving .service,in the open air on Sunday, and [a general demonstration on Monday, .
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 207, 11 October 1900, Page 2
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134PEACE CELEBRATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 207, 11 October 1900, Page 2
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