Unfurling the Flag.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue X, 8 September 1900, Page 444

Unfurling the Flag.

Nelson-st i•••«■! School is the latest addition to the schools with Hags, the unfurling ceremony taking place on Friday. August 21. at three o'clock. Flags and bannerettes adorned the schoolgrounds and the platform, and the children, drawn up in ranks, wore red. white ami him- favours. A squad of the older hoys wore red and black jerseys, and carried diminutive guns. The Na pi» r st reel School sent its cadet corps, under Messrs Dunlop and Wooler. The ('hairman and members of the Education Hoard regretted that they were unable to be present owing to the meeting of the Board. There was a large attendance, ami the following members ~t tin Committee were present: Messrs Sqniriell (Chairman). Dr. Walker. Arthur Rosser, D. .1. Mel, I. ami P. I*’. Macky. Tim rendering of “Soldiers of the <jue« by the children, under the direction of Miss Coghill, opened the ceremony. after which Mr Squirrel I ((’hair nian of the ('its Schools Committed ad<h« <d the assembly lie said that it ga\c him great pleasure to be present. The school was to be congratulated an the large attendance. which showed what goo.l • fe. lings existed between t lie staff ami parents ami friends of the yehool. At the examinations the school had won per cent of “passes. which would prove to be the highest pel centage of passes in the Auckland provincial district. A number of the older girls, dressed in white, with bouquets of flow ers, then danced a pretty Maypole