The preliminary details of the important events and arrangements which have been tentatively made by the Celebrations Council for the commemoration of Australia's 150th birthday next year show that the Commonwealth is determined to make that anniversary the opportunity for extensive festivities, The ae-+ tual birthday is on January 26, 1938, 150 years after the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip to found a small settlement, from which has sprung a nation of nearly 7,000,000 people. The celebrations will be divided into three periods. From January 26 to February 12 historical events will be recalled. On January 18, Phillip's landing at Botany Bay will be celebrated. Three days later his landing at Camp Cove, close to the South Head of Port Jackson, will be commemorate. Then the anniversary on January 26 will celebrate his actual planting of the flag and the foundation of Australia, when he landed on the "pot from which Sydney has taken its origin. In the form of a procession through Sydney streets, a grand pageant, entitled Australia's March to Nationhood" will be staged, and the day will also include van Anniversary Regatta, a Naval, Military and Air Force Review, a race meeting, a bowling carnival, and a Lord Mayor's Ball. From thence onwards until the end of April Australians will be busily engaged in dealing with the programme, which covers an amazing variety of civic, social and commercial life. The Empire Games will be included in the first period, from January 26 to February 12. The celebrations in the country towns will take place from February 13 to April 1, and up till April 25 the Royal Easter Show, the Anniversary of Australia Exhibition, and other important functions will take place. Private interests are ce-operating to make the celebrations an unqualified success and are planning spectacular theatrical motion picture, ball-room, cabaret and other entertainment,
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