Trafalgar Day.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12993, 21 October 1905, Page 7

Trafalgar Day.

.. : ♦ >—' , .- i "| United Press Association— By Hectrit Telegraph.— Cooyright. . . Received October. 21, 9.31 a.m. ! . y Sydney ,_ Oct. 21. , : Trafalgar Day was -celebrated yesterday in Queensland,. South; ; Australia, i and Tasmania, f <and .will be celebrated in New South Wales to-day. .There will be special sermons • to-morrow. ] Per Press ' Association. .' „"' jjleiiheimj October; '20.' J The .Trafalgar Centenary .was not observed as a general ; holiday, • ■ but the occasion wa? marked ;in schpol circles by. the e&'ldren.* saluting the -flag and delivery oFr<speeches7 .*' '~ v Wellington, /"Od't-o-ber"! Off.! ' The celebratl(jfis J &ifeB£efr t; to£' r the Navy Leamie r in *banne^ctioii'"wiih'' ; " i b'h;e Centenary pr.'Tr|tf llg&r, '\>&re'l, ' Sar^ied' out to-d^'at^e^Eo'w^jPark: $$$pc 'was a large ga'th-er-ingcj- oi-jltho public, but the volunteefS'-raadp,is;po'or,show. The Highland ' Biftes were ropresonted by one solitary iSgtire-in,'kiltS. " ' Nelson's fatnoxis signa'l 1 was hoisted, and British and 1 French flags sahited. Speeches were niade by Lord r Pktnket, the Premier, and -life Mayor. " ' Auckland, October 20. Th-e Trafalgar Day celebrations passed off taost successfully in Auckland, the weather being favourable. In the morning the children assembled at the various schools,-- where the importance of, Nelson's great victory was impressed upon therrJ by the teachers, and the flag saluted. ! In the afternoon there was a large ! muster of the bluejackets of the Pro- ! metheus, veterans, and school cadets in the Metropolitan Grounds, where i Nelson's famous signal) was shown and j salutes firtfd. This was followed by % the children being entertained in the Drill Hall, at which -iiheve was a great; jl attendance, ' lnany'-being' * unable to gain admission. Tiife Mayor made an appropriate speech; ' and some pic- ( tures" were snown. ■■■'•.• ; When the second speaker rose to address the meeting, the children, who evidently expected to see pictures and, .hear music, and not to be 'bomjbard-' ed with speeches, made for ithe tioors, all efforts to stop tne exadus beingt futile. Under the circumstances, the; Muyor thoug-ht the best thing to doj 1 was to start' the l National ' Anthem, This was heartily ' taken up, and the meeting brought to an abrupt close. j In the evening a large meeting of citizens assembled in the \Drill Hall, when patriotic speeches lwere delivered by the Mayor and others.