... COMMONWEALTH DAY. The Sydney correspondent the Daily Mail telegraphs is appointing Commonwealth Day the lines the American Independence Day. It is now engaged in weighing the claims of July when Queen Victoria assented the Constitution; September 30. the ...

... the Democratic candidate for the United States Presidency at the next eleotion, was the' guest the evening at the American Independence Day banquet at the Hotel Cecil last night, when Mr Reid presided over a large attendance distinguished Americans. In ...

... that was his chief excitement to-day and yesterday. Mr Thaw was graciously permitted yesterday. in honour of the American Independence Day celebrations, to pay for ice-cream and cakes for the entire roll of prisoners, and lie wished to repeat his generosity ...

... part of his nose. The relief was granted. Mark Twain's Uncle. —I had an uncle in Chicago (said Mark Twain at tho American Independence Day banquet London), as good an uncle as ever had, and have had lot of them. opened his mouth to express his patriotism ...

... English, and Ameri- w decorated with a miniature copy the Scottish Standard, which will be retained as memento of American Independence Day, 1908. . A spirited was actively engaged the lans Committee work, and it came my knowledge that the royal chief of ...

... EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED On American Independence Day. New York, Sunday. I think that British ridicule of the noisy and dangerous celebration of American Independence Day has had good deal to do with the widespread tendency this year to refrain from blowing ...

... NOTES —MAINLY PERSONAL To-day American Independence Day. The Queen has become patron of Dr Bernardo's Homes. Opportunities are importunities. They come begging for use. Breadth sometimes means shallowness, but every tiny puddle is not deep. To-day is ...

... citizens ap! pointed recently by Mr Gavnor, the Mayor [of New York, to devise ''safe and sane public celebration of American Independence [Day to replace the indiscriminate revolver and cannon firing which hitherto has left tremendous casualty rolls i» r ...

... Wednesday, July, At, 3.15 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8.30 p.m. BAXTER. PARK. Saturday, July, At 3.15 p.m., 6.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE MERRY POM-POMS Will Give a Special AMERICAN PROGRAMME DUDHOPE PARK, 3.15. > Under the Patronage and Presence ...

... ST PAUL'S BELLS TO RING ON AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. In order to celebrate the Fourth of July in London the Bishop of London has ordered that the bells of St Paul's will be rung, and that celebrations of Holy Communion will be held at every church the ...

... France and Flanders I beg you to accept for yourself and the troops under your command the warmest greetings on American Independence Day. On the 4th of July of this year the soldiers of America, France, and Great Britain, will stand side by side for ...

... DUNDEE'S MESSAGE TO AMERICA. U.S. Consul Interprets Negotiated Peace. American Independence Day was given unusual importance to in Dundee. Bunting, in which the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes were chiefly in evidence, was displayed in various parts ...