PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 



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Saturday, March 31, he sailed from 

 Cape Farewell in Xevv Zealand, and 

 pursued his voyage to the westward. 

 New Holland came in sight on April ig, 

 and on the 28th of that month the ship 

 anchored in Botany Bay. This year's 

 annu'ersar}' of that exentful coming, 

 which practically set the "All British" 

 seal upijn this continent, was fittingl}' 

 commemorated. The .State Governor, 

 the Admiral and the Minister of Public 

 Instruction dehvered addresses at Kur- 

 nell, on the shores of Botany Ba_\' ; 

 the Governor performed the ceremon}' 

 known as " breaking the flag," and 

 salutes were ftred from H.M.A.S. "Mel- 

 bourne," anci by a detachment of artil- 

 lery from La Perouse point. 



Shakespeare Day. 



Whether the committee of the New 

 South Wales Shakespeare Tercentenary- 

 Memorial Fund do succeed in rais- 

 ing the sum of ;/^2S,ooo which 

 they are appealing for, or whether 

 they are to be disappointed in 

 that respe:^t, they have already done 

 something well worth doing. They 

 have made Shakespeare Da>' a big day 

 in the schools. April 23 was celebrated 

 in a wa}- ne\er before attempted. With 

 the full approval of the Department of 

 Public Instruction, the whole of the 

 schools of the State observed the day 

 in some form, and in a number of cases 

 the scholars gave admirable recitals of 

 performances of Shakespearean plays. 

 The tercentenary- celebrations were 

 kept in view, and as a result of the 

 school entertainments a substantial 

 sum w^as gathered towards the am- 

 bitious and costly scheme for a memo- 

 rial in .S}'dney. The objective is an 

 Elizabethan Library (the Government 

 to provide for the housing), and finan- 

 cial provision for the study of Shake- 

 speare, especially among the young. 

 The Shakespearean ball, which is to be 



M,K. ken>;eki.ey bum,ford. 



held in the Sxdney Town Hall on May 

 22, should furnish one of the most gor- 

 geous theatrical spectacles yet seen in 

 Australia. There will be an unprece- 

 dented pageant of the whole of the 

 Shakespearean characters, Mr. Oscar 

 Asche, Australia's best living Shakes- 

 pearean actor, ha\ing undertaken to 

 present six tableaux himself, while the 

 rest will be arranged by Mr. Hugh 

 Ward, the Shakespearean secretary-, 

 and other induiduals and organisa- 

 tions. 



England's Most Popular Singer. 



Mme. Clara Butt and her husband, 

 Mr. Kennerley Rumford, arc certain of 

 a most hearty welcome in Australia. 

 The memor}- of her wonderful \-oice is 

 still fresh with us, and there is no 

 doubt that the new auditorium in Mel- 

 bourne will be crowded to its greatest 

 capacity when they give the inaugural 

 concert tliere on Ma_\' 17. The Audi- 

 torium, which owes it, creation to the 

 enterprise of Messrs. Tait, cost 



