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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIII, 9 June 1900, Page 1072

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

HOISTING THE FLAG

Till' CEREMONY AT THE DEVONPORT SCHOOL.

On Wednesday last His Excellency th** Governor took part in the interesting eeremony of hoisting the Hag at th** Drvonport School, Aueklaiul. Owing to indisposition Mr. (>. Mays, chairman of the School Committee, was unable to preside, and Mr. Gerald Peauoeke. deputy chairman, occupied the chair.

His Excellency the Governor, who hoisted the flag. was met ■ at the wharf by the Mayor of Devonport, Mr. J. ( . Mac ky, and at the gate he was received by the members of the committee. A guard of honour of 25 members of the Permanent Force was supplied by Captain Coyle, ; and Ihr boys acted in the same capacity. After a brief speech by the Chairman, His Exec Henry addressed the assembly. in the course of his remaiks he reminded the children that on them the future of New Zealand depended. Th* flag, as had already been said, but could not be said too often, had been handed down to us unsullied, and it is our duty to hand it on unsullied to our children. It had been well kept in the past. Let them look at the Peninsula and Waterloo, and remember that it was the blood of the veterans that bird there that flows through their veins, and of those* of Australia, and Canada, and that blood was joining all together. The present year had been said by some to be the waning of the British Empire. It was the year of the birth of the British Empire (cheers). That Empirel had been a great one in the past, but it rested with the children to see that it went down a greater and goodlier one. He wanted them to Thunk of themselves as recsponsibbe proph*. Let them spend their time in doing good to themselves, their country. and their people. His Excellency then presented caps to flag captain Durant and flag bcutenant Gaud.in, who arc to have c harge of the* flag. As J! is Excellency and the Hon. Hill-Trevor left the ground the children sang “Soldiers of the Queen/’ to the accompaniment of the Garrison Bund. ® ® ® TROOPSHIP AND TRAMP.

On her recent voyage to Auckland the Shaw-Savill and Albion liner Delphic acted as a troopship as far as the ( ape. One of our pictures shows Ihe arrangements for mess tables and the hooks for hammocks. Th** Delphic is one of the finest ocean tramps trading to Australasia. She carries an enormous cargo, and is an impressixely handsome vessel. An article on the spectacle of her unloading cargo appears on our “Topic page. © © © MR W. I’. JAMES, THE NEW S.M.

Mi W. I’. -lames, the new Stipendiary Magistral**, who wi'il take the place of Mr Northcroft nt .Masterton, has been for many years clerk of the Wellington Court. The Wellington “Post” in notifying his elevation, speaks in flattering terms of Mr James, w'ho received his early education in Auckland, and has been connected with the Wellington Court for th** past thirty-three years. “In addition to attending Io his duties in a manner that earned for him th** approbation of his superiors, says the “Post,” “Mr James was also a very prominent figure in athletic circles, ami was one of our leading early football enthusiasts, frequently representing this province. There is no Court in tin* whole colony in which a very large volume of business is dealt with, \x here more perfect order jeigns, and some of the best of Coutt C* fl Veers holding high positions at the present time, gratefully remember th** excellent training they received under Mr James* supervision. Evidence of the gnat popularity of the appointment of Mr .fames was plentifully furthcoming in the comment heard on all sides, while Mr J aim’s himself has been inundated with congratulations shoxver•*d on him from all parts of the colony.”