CELEBRATIONS IN GISBORNE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4000, 5 August 1915, Page 3

CELEBRATIONS IN GISBORNE.

GREAT GATHERING AT THE ROTUNDA. ST3 R.RING PATRIOT!C RP i? G(' H E c -, In common with every otuer ro'iiio throughout the British Empire, Gisborne yesterday celebrated tne_ first anniversary oi the declaration oi war with Germany, and expressed, ,n no uncertain way, its uiflexifile deiei" uiation to seo the mighty rc ufiicl through to the end. A large concourse of people assembled m the vicinity of the Trafalgar Baud Rotunda, at ■> «,*••leek, to assist at the passing of the ihaunv resolution. The haft-hol'day declared !>y the Mayor in honor of the occasion was loyally observed by tradospoph'. auci ■tire result was that a very hvrgt crowd participated in the great Empire function. At 2.40 the members of the National Reserve, ISO strong, under Major W. E. Whiteley, headed by the City Band, moved off in column of route from the Garrison Hall lor the rendezvous. The procession, in which the Boy Scouts and Senior Cadets also joined, made a brave showing ns they marched through the streets. Eighteen veterans old men, including natives, under Captain J. Barren, were also on parade, and the medals on choir tunics showed that they had earned distinction in days when New Zealand itself was the scone or grisly war. The function at the rotunda was

'.veil organised by the local bra non oi the Overseas’ Club, which had gone to a great deal of trouble, to make the arrangements complete. The rotunda itself wr.s gaily bedecked with the- flags of Britain and her Allies, while the solid ranks or the National Reserve, the silver locks of the veterans of the Maori wars, and the upright forms of the Cadets, made a contrast which served to show a firm and united people. Behind all this were the crowds of citizens. all imbued with the same strong determination to hack the. Empire tip in its righteous struggle for justice, auu liberty. Promptly at 3 o’clock Ins \* qrSiiip the Mavor (Air W. G. feherratt) and Air V. A. Pyke (vice-president of the Overseas’ Club) mounted the dais. They were accompanied by Messrs K. S. Williams (chairman of the Waiapu County Council), Mr Cyril White (chairman of tho Wsikolni County Council), Air .lohn Tovnlov (chairman of the Gisborne Harbor Board). Major A. C. Beero, Mr H. Kenway (chairman of the Cook Hospital Board), Lady Carroll, Mr R. 2>. B. Robinson (town clerk), Archdeacons H, W, Williams and H. Packo, Rev. Father Lane, Revs. F. W. Chatterton, G. T. Brown. R. Koine and P. .T. Wainwright and Wi Paramo, and Messrs E. 11. Mann and -Jas. Brown. After the “Assembly” bad been sounded by a sound ol nugh-r'-n un''--;' Stair-Sergeant Hugh r 1 nit, tne C'-ity Rami played the I' tench National Anthem. Mr Fyke then read apologies ter non-attend:;nice item Sit das. ( attoil. Messrs W. f). K. MacDonald, J. K-. Kirk, T. .lex-Blake-, C. A. <it-Eat: tour and R. S. F! ..mee, K..M. THE SPEECH K;L Mr Pyke said Hie Empire resolution, which won--.! he t.nosed uy His Worship the Mayor. Mr \V. (j. Snotratt, and si enndi-d by Mr H. Ken way, would 'je passed tiiroogaont.. city, town and village- m the Empire, ami’ would have a far reaching effect both in cementing lie* loyalty anc: patriotism of the Empire and impressing our enemies in no uncertain mannew that wo arc dcr.erniined .to brim this hitter conflict to a victorious end and which shall In' satisfactory, u ourselves and our Allies, and for tin benefit of all humanity. Tho Ttussiai “Gazette,” on the anniversary of tin war, prints a, message in the Allie-i languages state ing: ‘-For a- year . tin ein'iav has been threatening the free rinm of the.world. - Wo deeply ap predate the self-sacrifices of our Al lies, exerting combined pressure oi all sides. W’.are firm in confideno of victory, is : !i<> community of inter r-st- • final triumph. Thi tires F- • :. '• .spirit. ] t has bee; our guj-Tn -.t i- through a year o bloods.i! - H servo us in tli comino won i:- a rnav be in year of terrible - . Russia greet her Allies ;•*.<: im'.is their heroic loyal tv to stand by 'tier to the end.” Ou speeches most necessarily be, short. : continued Mr Pyke, “and it tempi remains for me to repeat those glot ious words of our founder whieu i the creed -of the Overseas Club, on which are being re-echoed to-dav i every corner of the world whero Bril ishers gathered together:— “Believing the British Empire l stand for Justice. Freedom. Orde and Good Government, . vvft ;p3cdc ourselves as dwns of tlio gre-ates Empire in the world- to m iud-ai the" it. eric age handed down by on forefathers.”—-(Applause.) His Worship the Mayor, who w.s received with apnbui.se, jtaid : “Befor moving the, rosofution I feel it is ur iKMisasary to roninid you that this i not a day of rejoicing, 'But wo ar here to .show our confidence in our Gr veramc.nt- and the Homo Governruonf and our willingness .to continno doin, our share ia bringing th© war to a vie torious. end. It is a year to-da; since war was dec-lared, and for nin months' we here/iil. New: Zealand hard !v felt the. incohvbmimee of the war but during the last ihre-e months ou I Keif Zeybifid troops haw taken par

in forcing the Dardanelles, and it has been brought- home to us in a very practical form. Those who have lost friends and relatives, I am sure, have the sympathy of the whole district- It might bo of' interest to you io know what this district has done in the way of men and money. This district comprises from the East Coast to tho southern boundary of,- Cook County, and wo have sent away 1000 men. apart from 190 leaving on August Jo. and in men and money wo .have subscribed the largo amount of. .£04,000.

This -nmlmlos money, produce and the ladies’ fund. (Applause.) Wo know what our meat will do at the front-, xml that" the men who are Billowing wd! continue to do the good work of the first contingent. (Applause.) But ( would like to say a few words t>- who are unable from eg.' or physical infirmity to go to the war. T i 'ey have an important, duly to imr-foiH--,r!y as imporiant iliat oi iia n-i.-n vvlio iiave gone, ami ! would. : ask iljcni to help in making ilic season of JfM;Vl(> a’ record one for this j <hstricr. jn that way they will help ! i.hc Cnverumcul—tho Home Goyeni- ! ;>!•>•>.t and the Government of X.".v : -in providing food and money for our soldiers at the front. I earnestly ask you to do all that is possible in your power to help the movement, because this war is one of endurance. ami will he won by weight oi j minify and men.” (Applause.) i Li is Worship concluded, by moving the resolution, which was received with cheers. lAr (Howard Ken way was the- next speaker. He said that- in the absence of Mr J. \V. Bright, chairman cf tho Citizens’ Defence Committee, the duty of seconding the resolution bad devolved upon him. and lie did so with the very greatest Measure. Ib Imped they all realised the significance of*the resolution —that it was not mere words. The Empire was up against the biggest, thing England had over engaged in. ar.d he hoped they ■ would carry tho resolution unanimously that day. and keep ns letter ro the very end. Von.'’Archdeacon If. W. Williams said that- they were undertaking to see the thing through for two very good reasons. It was not that they | weifee doing an act of benevolence for dfe{S3r old England. "Bui they were situ ply doing what they were doing because they were an integral part of the British Empire. “We are fighting for the existence of our Empire,” dc-larod the speaker. “If throng:! ; •-< >to iTiisforfune such a terrible thing \ v •!->•- to happen as tl'.at England j . aid be lira ten, then we see in the 'example of Belgium what sort of j treatment- we could expect- in such a ; case. We are figuring for our very existence. It is not merely to keep a. whole skin for ourselves, that wo. should put forward our utmost efforts. Wo are in this great struggle with, our Empire because- we are fighting for our King, for ourselves, for justice, liberty and humanity. ’ (Api idav.se). ■ Warm applause greeted the appearance of Rev. Father Lane, who recently returned to Gisborne from a tour round the world, during-which ho saw something of the effects of the titanic struggle which is raging. “Ladies and gentlemen,” tho Rev. gentleman 1 commenced, “twelve months ago this 1 d;; V . f was sitting on' the balcony ' of’the Braehead Hotel in Dublin when i a newsboy came along crying startling news. f opened mv paper, and my eves were greeted with the headlines, 'England at War With Germany. General Mobilisation of Troops.’ The. groat war so long dreaded had couk' at last. A solemn hour had struck ' in the destiny of Europe and the world. The last twelve- months,” he said, “brought before one’s eye many interesting events, especially the realisation of tho entente and tho Dominions and dependencies across the ; seas. (Applause.) It was his privilege twelve months ago to travel through the length and breadth of j England’s Dominions. Ho visited AfL idea and India. Peace at that time reigned supreme. But they knew what India and South Africa had done I i:i their loyalty to the British cause. (Applause.) He would take them in ) liis travels to England. When the * war started England had a- standing - army of 750,000. that was a ycai j ago.* 'When ho left in the ( beginning of November Lord Kitchen--3 or had at his disposal three million volunteers. (Applause.) He wouJc take them across to his native land His arrival in Ireland synchroniser * with the birth of the Irish nationa 0 volunteer movement. This organisej) tion, in the light of subsequerr 5 events, seemed to him to have licct '1 providential, because its energies hac 1 been concentrated in channels novo 2 contemplated by its promoters. Ire 2 land had difFevonces with England am , s these were accentuated before tin ” war.- As soon as the foe revoalei , l , himself, however, Ireland buried tin question and Irishmen wont in ton; I and thousands to fight for Britain nn< the British causes (Applause. I ; Thousands of Irishmen to-day wee y sleeping in tho historic battlefields for !l tilised by the blood of their warrio soils in the wars of by gone days “Let mo now take you across to A me 0 rica,’’ Father- Lane proceeded. “I , r New York harbor I stood on the dec 0 of that magnificent liner Lusitania A which a few months later was sc lit t n the bottom of the ocean, with lie r 1500 iiuiocent passengers, by ill© din bolinal attack of - the enemy tut 1 marines. That titanic crime. I male 6 ! hold to say, will disgrace the name c 0 | Germany for ever. (Applause.) Yo t- • may ask me what is the feelis°; i: » ‘ Aweri .a regarding the war. Is eh o > in sympathy with ’tho Allies? a ; travelled, largely over America, iwv q j was able to gauge something of th g ’ feeling cf the people. The press o Z a country can usually ho taken as- • y reflex of public opinion, and I cai o honestly tell you that I found th fi i press of America decidedly pro-Brit ■ ish.” (Applause.) What, they migh r as’c, was the probability of Americ: t gojnjpg into tho war ? Aiperica woul<

not come in as long as President Wilson, remained in power. The feeling in America was that President Wilson liad not the courage to declare war with an army of mice. Atrocities had been going on in Mexico for a long timo past as bad as any which the Germans had penetrated in Belgium.* If President "Wilson could not keep order at home it was hardly likely he would have the courage to attempt to do so abroad. “I will now,” said Father Lane, “take you with rue to Canada. "J.’hero I saw the illustrious Canadians being prepared for battle, and these same men a low months later were destined at Ypres to perforin an achievement which will ior ever shine brilliantly in. the pages ot our history. (Loud applause). in 'Wellington, I saw-tho gallant Is o’. Zealanders who covered themselves with glory at tlio Dardanelles. (Renewed applause.) This fight.must go on until Prussian militarism is crushed, until tho Cross supplants tho Crescent on tho dome of BE Sophia, and justice and liberty once morn reign upon the earth. (Loud applause). Speaking through the Rev. Wi larairo as interpreter, Lady Carrcd, wlio was given a cordial rccepLoa.

said: “Fellow citizens of tne town c. borne. Greeting. Ihe first note " should like to sound on this tho anniversary clav of the declaration oi vci between us and Gornuiny is thiit mi- i of sorrow familiar to us all. We cannot scan the roll ,of our brave inch who have fallen without feeling deeply distressed for them—for t.nmi t ; oo Jtower of our nation lost to us U ,! - ever - and our hearts must ot noecssit.} 1,,, ~ut ou this day to those who:-o sons they actually were; who t-io minded once more to-day of the so i-atnstrophiesi which befell their som-, hut I am glad to say that we can ab-o .sound the note of joy the while we mourn for them —joy m the ihat they had willingly last down their lives in wheat they knew to be a rivliicons cause—a came for Bod re a humanity. The next note ]■ soon--l like to sound is the nate of, 't.«"> Cheer.” To tho people oi Gi.-oorne sav “Be of good cheer.” Let us b '" downcast in tins our hour oi t-nai-Afi our boys put it their own way in the trenches, “Are wo downhearted: they answer the exclamation tbom; -wives in the negative. Ihe wotds «< one of oar stirring Maori war cries a c vt-i'V appropriate here Ka ; Kit" Mat© I The literal translation ► as follows:

Heath is done ojkl life is come, Behold the illustrious chief ot powm To wliom we owe this lightsome h > -• Ho stays'with us an honoured whir All evil flies before bis smile.

• In conclusion, i :ay t oat on L"haif of the Maoris of this duurict, «hall heartily and strongly support a m-ooosition which I understand is to ho put to this meeting urging us to prosecute this war to a amsh, tilt !:•,vo crushed the terrible mdit-a. r spirit which has disgratcd the name < 1 {LrEtianity and civilisation, yel.oyciLizens, we have put our hands to tea iiionglu and there should be no loo;jng back else we should not bo worini sous of England.” . . (Phi-Mayor, at this stage, announc'd ibat. the Government and Opposition had agreed to form a Coalition Ministry, and the news was demons-.ra-tivelv received. , Maior A. G. Bee re saul tlusty.i h,h- . v.cb an occasion ns this was to ne n-i-i-i-t.fi-d it was our duty to show (>M ii clings in such a manner that : uyv eniild Hot possibly he mistaken. He was extremely pleased to hear uv.a • ! Goalition Ministry had boon decuma upon. There should he, no party while the war was on; all slioatd v.o k ip'iledlv togetlier towards the common -Hi Ho advised them not to be<i«wuh ear led by new* of reverses. I" - d ;“ gigantic, war as this tnero must _ •< •reverses on both shies. hor.lns pm ■* ho did not credit, the fears or y-m weakness’voi’ the Russians The JfiiSsians. lie iJrinly believed, oad goo-: back not'-because they were ior-en tohut in order to give a -snarp lesson U> the other sKie.

f>R ACT* CJ ar,l) ES > ()X ST 1 1 ATI ON. Mr J. Tow nicy said they had met twelve months ago ou Hie occasion oi the declaration of war, and ho mu' then said li© was sorry. “L rry iio*\v, Ilowovor, ■' sui<l I\l 11 u lev, amidst applause. The speaker went on to give an impassioned patriotic speech. When referring to tho Kaiser, words almost failed him. tne man’s not, .quite right on the top storey,” lie declared emphatically, amid* hearty laughter.: “ho wants {•oiotiialuiiifi. ? Their K»ory, Ll \ ‘ °' r 7 j ( »v went on., was in tho men..wli<\ h* iU o-ijne to the Front, and the men ot the British Fleet, “If men like Gnu re hi A and others had. not had the backbom to keep Ihe fleet going,;’ the mice

able speaker declared, “we wo,, H in an awful mess to-day. lam Sony we have not more guns. iam son., our young fellows have no, mow. machine guns. T.t is a shame that our fellows have had to face machine guns with a rifle. There is no equality of sacrifice there. ibis gieameeting should not bo a barren one. Our men want machine guns. " *?> should wo not HU'bscrme one. i o-ivo £lO towards the purchase oi • ? nm Let us all subscribe ; we arc all i'a the same boat.” (Loud applause.) SOMF. STERN FACTS. The Rev. F. W. Chattorton said that twelve months’ lighting ha<. brought us face to face with somcnreiy stern facts. We now'.saw very what we were up against, and At ; perfectly well to-day that we mint muboast of our snpenontv vet, \\<~ must see to it that we uLilme ev« > available force in the struggle. * ucCCSS could only he attained by coordination of the. Empire’s to.

fi.eriflees were demanded ot cvei j nan, woman, and child through oik he Dominion. Sacrifices of lives, ;"re demanded. A suggestion had aeon made that they should siihK.iib<the cost of a machine gum >thm v week Poverty Bay should he ah t - supply 30!) machine guns.. (Anpleu-O. must be -no looking ' hesitation even, sc . that no dishonor rniiv befall our nation. (Applause.) Mr K B. Williams said Hiat,. on behalf of one of the country districts, he wished to support the resolution. The people in the coufitry, he could assure them, were just as ready to mako sacrifices of men ana monev as the people in the towns. On heha* of the people of Waiapu County and the Native population on the Lust Coast, ho most heartily supported tinresolution. “NO TIME FOR GRINNING OPTIMISM.” Tho Rev. G. T. Brown said he presumed he had been invited to tlms demonstration because no had tho hoi and privilege of acting as locum tenons for Major-Chaplain Grant, who was now in the trenches at the Dardanelles amidst shot and shell, a ml was there proving lumsolf not o il) chaplain but a. -father to om hoys. (lend applause.) In reviewing the terrible struggle for existence which the Empire was waging, they ,au mountains and mountains of d'A'C-xd-tics Yet on the other. hand they saw a'nation of determined people with a faith-that could remove mountain'-; Determination without v.oms, however, was dead. “Tine was time for gnnntng optimism, the speaker declared. “Despite the inanities of a muzzled press, our nation’s fate is trembling m the ha-amm Our nntimism should,he founded upon the known and felt righteousness ot the cause for which wo conG.nd, and then we shall he able to say, , m Browning, ‘God’s m his heaven, alls Kell with the world.’ ’ , ~ “I go entirely with the resolution, _ said Caubain THic-kef, “but; I ,i?.rdly third- it* g OO3 f ;,r enough. It spcaicS of' the' feurgesses - of .mi y want i t to include the mhabit-ants of Cook, YVali'ohu and Wi*iap u Gomit.ios ” Many of tho older -sevtleis

would reniembcr the days when Gisborne was in worse cnfliculties tTian the Empire was now. “Wo got out of them all right,” said the captain, ‘.‘and I feel confident we will null through now.” (Anplause.) - Wo should all put our shoulders to the wheel, and give a mighty push.

LABOR. DOING ITS PART. Speaking on behalf of the worker;;, Mr J>. W. Coleman .said that had they assembleil in their numb ws on August -1 of last year, there might have (men a diversity of opinion as to whether England was just Hied in. going to war, but there was no doubt'on the point to-day. Gonnany was a great nation, but she was not, content with that—she wanted to dominate the world. Eighty per cent, of tile men going to tlio war, he declared, came from tho ranks of the' workers. ‘The workers would continue to do their part in this great war to see that the German flag did not supplant the. Union .Lick.. (Applause.) They realised that if Britain went under justice would go under and oppression would take her place.. Mr Cyril White also supported the resolution. . Tho Mayor then put the resolution, which was carried amidst great enthusiasm. His Worship announced, amidst applause, that oilers to supply ma<cldiie guns liad been received during the demonstration from Captain Tucker and Messrs R-. J. Reynolds and K. S. Williams. The Band then played the National Anthems of the Allies, and a moinoiahlc .gathering concluded with cheers for Hi’s Majesty the King and Br’tain and her Allies.

B E -ST RE 0T TOW N 3H 1 PS. A!ANY CELEBRATIONS. Many of the. townships scattered through the Poverty Bay district yesterday held gatherings at which, the Empire resolution was passed. Such meetings are reported from the Coast, from Waipiro. T-okomaru, and I'ologa.

OF STEEL. NEW ZEALAND’S MESSAGE TO BRITISHERS. (Press Association TelegramD WELLINGTON, August 4. Mi- Massey has despatched the iollowing message to the London “Times” in response to a request from the editor of that journal:— “On the anniversary of the declaration of war, it is fitting that the citizens of the younger Nations should, renn ruber the land of their fathers and convey to our kinsmen at li.ii,.c a renewal of the assurance that we have counted the cost and that u*e stand together in the knowledge- that the ties uniting us are stronger than stool. They are the lies of foliov-citixen.-.bin and language and tradition. They rc-present everyi !dng that is dear and sacred to the people of our race. Never was loyalty to ourselves and to each, other more necessary that at the present juncture. We are laced with a cruel, powerful. and _ unscrupulous foe, who hates Britain and everything British, both at Hem,- and abroad, with an intense and h-tti-r hatred, and who can be h-Ad iu cheek and finally driven back to Ids lair only by the determination and (legged endurance which has saved the Empire iu times of trouble in the past. The oversea dominions have taken up tho burden of Empire, which will never again ho laid down. \1 o have learned io think Imperially. \Yo realise that, as citizens 'of the Empire, we are all one great Imperial family. We are giving cf our best and bravest- aiul'Will continue to give, not only for Britain’s sake, but because this is our light just as much as it is the struggle of England or Scotland or Ireland. Though the sky may become overcast and black clouds appear, we know that behind the clouds the sun is shining, that the darkness will disappear, and light and warmth once more reach the earth. Bo with this crisis ended the sun of peace and righteousness will shine again. Tho Kaiser and his warlords and all the wickedness they stand for will pass away and their deeds will be remembered only as the memory of an evil dream.— AV. F. Massey. Prime Minister.”

SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE. NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE IN THE WAR. 19.500 MEN FULLY TRAINED. [Press Association Telegram.] WELL IXL TON. Aug. I. In the House this afternoon, Mr Massey moved the Empire resolution.

In doing so, he said no doubt we were face to lace with a cruel and unscrupulous foe. Y\ e had now begun to realise that we were not so adequately prepared as we ought to have he on. We have also realised that Germany is animated by. a deep and bitter hatred toward Britain. Germany wanted colonies, she wanted trade, she wanted ar-ees:- to the blue waters, but she realised that so long as Britain remained the great Power she was, such expansion was not possible and, thinking the time had come to strike a blow, she struck it. He was proud to say New Zealand was taking her share, . and he Imped we would vet do more. Ho proceeded to travc the development of the movement to send oui contingents, Avar was declared on August 4 last year. On the LLh we sent the Samoan Contingent, ot 1419 men. On October 3 6 our Main Body, of 7761 men, and _ 734 reinforcements left cur shores, hor 3074 men were sent, in February 1712, in April 2263, and in June 23o*>, while another batch ot reinforcements was almost ready to leave. In addition to this, there were a- number ot New Zealanders who joined the Imperial forces. There was also the Maori ■Contingent of 518, ana a.nothei contingent in training. .two stationary hospitals totalling 987 had gone, making our total contribution 19,5W> r men fully trained and equipped. D l

addition to the land iorees, wo had rent the Philomel, whose officers and men had done good work, all the charos being borne by New Zealand. There were'now 7200 men in The Government had bought BuUO horses’ and had sent away the oest-

e-qnipped hospital ship in the noild. ■ A number of medical officers wore ready to go with the next contingent, and'we had already sent- 170 nurses to the front. With regard to the future, it wan proposed to send an I additional force of two battalions ot ! 2250 men ami additional reinfe>re<v | meats at the rate of 300 per month. S He did not apprehend any difficult* ! in accomplishing this task. I r-ir Joseph Ward said he would most heartily support the resolution, because he recognised that rt not only expressed the sentiments of the House but of the people of the country. He was proud of what New Zealand had done, as shown in the details given !bv the Premier. Ho was proud ol j -what had been, done to meet the ! nation which had been preparing or ! forty years, and was proud of w hut had' been accomplished hv - t i u ! • which had gone from the sistei Do minions. The war had brought about an extraordinary evolution nIE . land, and one of the most features was the Aiontlciful v * y which the workers had rallied to tie call hv Mr Lloycl-Georgo, when ho made ib clear . that there was a-sho* t; age of munitions. fllns loyalty ho thought, would be one of the gioat ' factors -in breaking down the social and political barriers which previo s > existed between the -sections of mg iUh society. He quoted a roeechby -Nie Duke of Westminster to show .-mt the y.jT mt- of .the great war l- \ ,

wold the- Empire together, .concluded by saying ho was pvouu o> t,.<‘ fact that the House, by msorumm, was showing that, tbougn sor.-s cue i*tod the countries ci the Em, " <J were one in. heart. one 1 n sentmu.nt, and determined to see that the g-o’-> of the Old Land was uot vhnnuishca. The motion was then put and cmried, the members rising to then- n< t and singing tin:* “Eavioiuvi j

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MEETINGS IN EVERY TOWN. j Press Association messages from practically every town in Now Zealand report that the'Declaration Day resolution was carried annd roon.es ci remarkable enthusiasm. Moinond aiui lutcrccspiwn services wore hold m , many of the churches throughout the ! country, and in most towns there was a. stirring martial display, hands and ■ cadets and National Reserve turning , out in force, while bunting, was lie-e-e? | used to further signify our defer me.- . ation to prosecute the campaign to , the- bitter end. . . i At the Mastorton gathering the sum of £3700 was realised by the sab- i of flags, etc., for the Wounded .So - , diers* Fund, and at Woodvdlo a eel-; lection for the same fund roniisou TbO. | At Palliat ua. a liag was auctioned m support- of the tunes ior * marly .LOtth the pace fig islands.

MEETING IN FIJI

•United Press Assoeiatien—CopyrifehtJ {Revived August 4, S.O p.m.) EDVA. August ‘l.

There was a record gathering «»•• the Town Hall. .Suva-, to-day, on the anniversary of t-he declaration oi wai. Tim motion was carried. The Governor was present. The speakers were H<vi. Mr Scott (president of the Cham tier of Commerce), Hon. Mr Marks, Hon. Mr Hedstrom, ami the Mi shep of Polynesia. It was an enthusiastic mooting. SYDWEY f § ARRANGEMENTS .MEETINGS TO BE .HEED TO-DAY. (United Press Ass«iola-tion~' (Received August 4, 8.10 p m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 4. To-morrow’s celebration on the do clara tion of war include a stoppage at MJ o’clock in tho morning lor five minutes of all work m public, departments and all trams. Many private firms arc .acting sm.i larlv. .... | Cablegrams from Britain, too C-on-f incut and America dealing with the anniversary will be Itnind on page •>,.

THE FEDERAL HOUSE. (ltemhvml Aug- 4. 10.40 P-m.) MELBOURNE;, Aug. 4. '[■!>■:> F, d . ral House adopted «• veww lution addressed to the King niordin/j; an unolianghw to c.onti.uue the war 10 a victuiieus e.nd.