ABOUT FLAGS.
At the present time everybody seems anxious to reveal the fact that they are patriotic subjects of the great British nation by wearing red, white and blue ribbons.
No discrimination is shown in regard to the position each colour occupies, with the result that many persons are really displaying a miniature Dutch national flag—red, white, and blue in stripes.
The French flag is blue, white and red, with colours parallel to the mast. The flag of the Netherlands is red, white and blue horizontal.
Our national flag is composed of the same three colours made in a union flag (Union Jack) of the three national crosses —St. Andrew, St. Patrick, St. George.
If our national colours are worn the correct thing is a miniature silk flag (Union Jack) which can be purchased for 2d each. Mr E. Le Roy, who has had a life-long experience in making flags, has published a booklet giving the Flags of the Empire in colours. Besides the illustrations the booklet contains a great deal of information that every British subject ought to know, and which will make the whole matter of flags, and their use, much more interesting. Flags of the Empire is on sale at Mr Gifford’s at 3d per copy,
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Waipa Post, Volume VIII, Issue 347, 8 September 1914, Page 4
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