AN EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 4

AN EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY.

CELEBRATED IN WELLINGTON. At (ho Grand Hotol on Saturday evening the third birthday of the young Emperor of China,: Hsuan-Tung, was' celebrated by a dinner given by the Chinese Consul, Mr. Hwang. The function passed off most pleasantly and successfully. The Prime- Minister and Attorney-General, Mr. Justice Chapman, and a large body of Consular renresontatives of diilcrent countries were amongst those Present. During the evening Mr. Hwang made somo interesting observations concerning the respective hones nud nsnirations of tlio Eastern and Western faces, and voiced the hone.\of, a better understanding of eacn other us the surest means of overcoming eucli racial prejudices as might arise. .Sir Joseph Ward, in proposing tho health of Mr. Ewang, expressed tho hopo that the Chinese Government would permit him to continue to represent it in new, Zealand for many years to come, and he was sure the pleasant personal relations which existed ■ betwe?n Mr. Hwang and those with whom he came into contact in this country would grow still stronger. The followipg is the list of those who, accented invitations to the dinner.:-Sir Joseph Ward, Hon. Dr. Fmdlay, Hon. D. Bnddo, Judge Chapman, Captain Maitland, Mr. T. l'oung, Consul for Japan, Mr. A. de, B. Brandon, Mr. G. E. Tolhurst, Mr. H. .Beauehamp, Mr. J. F. Andrews, secretary to Cabinet, Alex. H. Turnbull, Vice-CoDSul for Spain; Mr. Bustamente, Consulfor Uruguay; Dr: A. Martin, Consul for Chili; Mr. C. Earle, editor of The, Dominion; Mr. A. E.Pcarce, Consul of Sweden; Mr. Eberhard Focke, .Vice-Consul of Gormany;-Mr. J. F. Dyer, Vice-Consul for Greece; Mr. A. j W. Newton. Consul of Norway; Dr. A.' W. Izard,' Hon- Consul for Liberia; Mr. James Macintosh; Consular Agent for Franco; Mr.'Mansfield, Registrar General; Mr. Charles H. Turner, Consular Agent for U.S.A.; Mr. A. E. Kernot. Consul of Paraguay; Mr. W. M. Wright, Government Statistician; Mr. Wheeler, representative of the "N.Z. Times"; Mr. T. H. Shah, firft secretary of the Chinese Consulate;" Mr. C. T. Wong, second secretary of the Chinese Consulate.