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TRAFALGAR DAY. (To the Editor.)

.* Sir,— l notice in Thursday night , n _ ' paper that the School Committee ar j n * High School Board of Governors d j . ckted not to give a holiday on Tr; jjj falgar Day. Novv, do you, as aßr c tisber, think this is loyal? Our for -fathers fought for our freedom, an V" how. we are. not allowed to h'av<s „ le holiday on the anniversary of- ti c ' greatest naval victory the world hi il ever seen. kelson saved Old En^ laird, from the ,-Corsiuan,, fought an in died for his country, why should lie re tken,\ we, the coming generation, fc y y fallowed to haw a holiday to do hoi our to our greatest Admiral ? - Shakespeare says : "This England never did nor neve . shall )t Lie at the proud feet of a conquei Te or." > ~ ' jj Aye, England never did, but wi] y she? She may if there is never an; ■s more loyalty shown -than there is oi this .great day. . ' „ "Here and here did England help me c how can 1 help England ? Say ' y Whoso turns as T, this evening, tun c to God to praise and pray." a - v I am, etc., B ' PATRIOTIC SCHOOLBOY.

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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12993, 21 October 1905, Page 5

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TRAFALGAR DAY. (To the Editor.) Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12993, 21 October 1905, Page 5

TRAFALGAR DAY. (To the Editor.) Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12993, 21 October 1905, Page 5

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