PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1231, 13 September 1911, Page 9

PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.

THE NEW ZEALANDERS. The closing performances of the overspas sections o] the Pageant of Lmpirc took place some time ago at the Crystal Palace, and very great credit is undoubtedly due to those who helped to make the Treatv of Waitangi—the NewZealand contribution—the success ij. w f s - The -following New Zenlnnders kindly took part either in the Treaty scene or in the Jlasnue Imperial:— Miss Russell, Mrs. Kilgour, Mrs Boyle, Miss Nellie Reecc, Miss ilardyside, Miss Bealey, Miss R. Mellon, Miss Irvine, Miss Stuart Menteith, Miss II Carlton Williams, Miss Rosa Hall-Jones, Miss R. Beard, Miss Halse, Miss Carr, Miss Ivirkpatrick, Mrs. Boys, Miss Hastings Bridge, Mrs. A. D. Houston, Miss Rutherford, Miss Ethel Rutherford, Misses B. and V. Russell, Miss D. Beard, Miss Sunderland, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Warmack, Mrs. J. Hislop, Miss Evans, Miss Heirick, Miss V. Heirick, Mrs. Henry Reynolds, Miss Skeet, Miss Levou, Miss I. de Bohun, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Caldow, Miss Chappie, Miss B. Kennaway, Madame Betty Brooke, Mrs. Bethel, Mrs. Beetham, Mrs. Palairet, Miss A. L. Bartleman, Miss Izard, Mrs. Gillies, Miss fiurne, Miss Acheson, Miss M'Lean, Miss E. Taylor, Mrs. Connor, Miss Ethel James, Captain Whitney, Messrs. Gladstone Ward, J. W. Findlny, Eric W. Doushty, G. L. Bruce, R. K. Binney, Hal Williams, G. P. Armstrong, A. Myers, David Cre.ve, Rev. Keith Williams, G. Palairet, A. G. Clutterbuck, Carleton Williams, G. P. Thomson, 1. •Bull, D. Joslin, J. A.-Burnett, H. F. Reece, A. D. Houston, F. H. Nudmg, R. B. Fowler, A. J. Fowler, H. Vernon, 0. T. Williams, G. W. Crr'ghton Hale, Chamber] in, and Pavera Chamberlin. Special interest, fr-nn a New Zealand point-of view, attracted to this «ct:on ot the pageant in that, alone amongst the scenes that comprised the overseas portion, all tho leading parts of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, when taken by the direst descendants of tho ir.en who acted in the original drama. Thus the part of Mr. Busby, the first British Tcsidcnt m New Zealand, was taken by his grandson, Mr. Hal Williams. The part of the Rev. Henry' Williams, who was chiefly instrumental in bringing the Maori chiefs into line, soothiii" their suspicions and removing their ditticultieo. wa.s taken by his great grandson, tho Rev. Keith Williams. Tho part of Judge Edward Marsh Williams was in the hands of his grand.-on, Mr. Carleton-Williams; and that of. Mr. Kemp, an tfirly. settler in tho Bay of Islands (the first seat of Government), was taken by his grandson, Mr. Oswald Williams. ' Mrs. Alington, of Canterbury, acted as Mistress of Robes.