Chapter 98 National Day (Please subscribe!)
January 10, 1902, Australia Day.
Because January 10th is the time when the Principality of Australia was established, it is naturally designated as Australia's National Day.
However, because Arthur was far away in Europe on the last National Day, he did not have the opportunity to participate, so naturally he did not prepare too grand a ceremony and ceremony.
This time is the second anniversary of the founding of Australia. In addition, Australia has made great achievements in various constructions. Therefore, at the suggestion of the cabinet, a lot of activities have been specially prepared for this National Day.
The first one is about the National Day military parade.
The reform of Australia's original military has been underway for more than half a year. During these six months of training, the Australian army has experienced considerable growth and has gradually become a qualified army.
In order to train these six thousand troops, Arthur used most of the Guards and even shamelessly invited several training experts from Germany.
However, this is indeed very effective. The discipline of the army has been renewed. From the overall aspect, it can be seen that this is a strong army.
In order to turn them into real elites, the Ministry of National Defense spent a lot of money to arm them all with the most advanced Lee-Enfield rifles, and fed them dozens of rounds of bullets every day.
Although there is no guarantee that each of these soldiers will become a sharpshooter, when they actually enter the war, they will not feed all the bullets into the air.
If it weren't for the approaching National Day, the Ministry of National Defense would have already started the work of adapting these trained soldiers.
However, the number of Australian soldiers is still too small. Although 6,000 soldiers can be barely adapted into an infantry division, it only completes its backbone.
According to Germany's infantry establishment, a fully equipped standard infantry division has approximately 18,000 men, 4,600 horses and more than 30 heavy machine guns.
The next plan is to complete this infantry division through conscription and equip it with a large number of heavy firepower weapons.
The heavy firepower weapons currently owned by Australia include the MA-96 Maxim machine gun and CA-1 machine gun, as well as artillery of various calibers supported by Germany.
If military industry experts can successfully penetrate the French M1897 artillery, they will also have another automatic artillery.
In terms of firepower, the Australian army equipped with these powerful weapons is no weaker than any army, and is comparable to the firepower of the armies of major powers.
Even with sufficient logistics, the Australian army, which has two automatic artillery, CA-1 cannon and M1897 artillery, may be able to suppress the armies of other powers with its firepower.
After the military parade is completed, there will be a second round of aid for the poor in Australia during the National Day.
The Royal Relief Committee announced the second round of subsidies for the poor, which is to distribute various aid materials, including food, as well as some relief funds to these poor people through work-for-relief methods.
This is the result reached by the Relief Committee after discussions. Compared with teaching people to fish, teaching people to fish is obviously a better way.
The Relief Committee will look for some suitable jobs for these poor people throughout Australia, allowing them to obtain relief food and funds through some simple labor.
This can also significantly reduce the number of fraudulent claims for relief supplies. After all, if you want to receive relief supplies, you have to work at some designated jobs for a period of time.
For ordinary people, this time is enough to find a more decent job and earn more money.
As Australia Day gets closer, the atmosphere in Australia becomes more and more joyful.
The newly established Australian flag can be seen everywhere in Sydney. This is the final look of the Australian flag decided upon by the Australian government after soliciting all flag designs from the private sector.
Australia's flag is also a tricolor flag, consisting of light blue, white and yellow.
White is located in the middle, representing the noble royal power of the Australian royal family, Australia's eternal monarchy, and the policy of White Australia.
Yellow is on top, representing all Australians and symbolizing their most important Australian ideals.
Blue is located below, indicating that Australia is a coastal country and sea power is the most important thing for Australia.
The design of this flag is completely different from the original Australian flag in history, but it can show the current style of Australia.
To be honest, when Arthur just saw the design of the national flag, he suddenly thought of the hot jokes and jokes about the French flag in later generations.
Because the French flag has a white stripe in the middle, and the cowardice of the French during World War II, it is said that the French flag was very convenient during the surrender, because it could be quickly made into a white flag for the surrender.
Now Australia also has white on its flag, but it shouldn't face the same embarrassing situation as France, right?
Because the National Day is approaching, there are many temporary flag-making workshops in Australia.
A simple piece of fixed-proportion cloth, rendered into the Australian flag in three colors, can be sold.
Small flags like these often don't cost much, but are very popular with all Australians.
Even immigrants who have recently moved to Australia have to follow the trend and buy a flag to hang in front of their homes.
On the contrary, this has increased the income of many Australians in disguise and promoted Australia's economic development.
This is what Arthur wants to see, not in terms of economic improvement, but in Australians' recognition of this country.
No matter what their reasons are, uniting all Australians under the country of Australia is already the greatest success of Arthur and the Australian government led by Arthur.
This National Day event did not invite other countries to participate, only officials and some people from the New Zealand colony were invited.
These people totaled about two hundred people, and most of them were powerful people in New Zealand, or activists who encouraged New Zealand's independence.
The purpose of Arthur's invitation to them was not other than to let them see what Australia, which used to have the same status as New Zealand, has developed into now.
Although it has been more than a year since Arthur became the Governor-General of New Zealand, Arthur has not initiated any reforms in New Zealand, and Arthur has not even been involved in administrative measures.
Because the New Zealand garrison was under the control of the British Empire, Arthur did not have to worry about any problems with New Zealand's control.
Under such circumstances, New Zealand has fallen into a state of semi-stocking. Arthur did not suppress New Zealand's independent forces, and New Zealand did not know much about Arthur as the governor.
Now, Arthur finally has his hands free, and it's time for New Zealanders to understand the changes in Australia.
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