CORONATION DAY.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 498, 11 August 1902, Page 4

CORONATION DAY.

From the Coronation Special issued by the 'I uncs during the procession on Saturday. j

IliS MAJESTY,

“ Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, his honor and the greatness of his name shall be, and make new nations.’ To-day tiio people of Gisborne district are joining heartily iu an eveLt winch wul be rejoiced in by all par s of the British nation, and by our many friends among the other nations.

Captain Cook lauded in Gisborne on October Bth, lTti'J, and on August ‘Jth, iUUd, we join in celebrating the Coronation ceremony of the Seventh Edward. Long may he reign ! " In his days every man shall eat in safety, Under his own vine, what he plants ; and sing The merry song of peace to all his neighbors." As this little missive is printed and issued by Tim Times’ stall', a day begun with religious litus is being continued with joyful celebrations. O Sir, no empty rumor comes up the earth to-day From the kindred and the peoples and the tribes a world away ; For they know the law will hold And be equal as of old, With conscience never questioned and justice never sold, And beneath the form and letter the spirit will have play.

When you hear the princely concourse take up the word and sing, And the Abbey of our fathers with acclamations ring, Know well that, true and free, By the changeless heart’s decree. On all the winds of heaven and the currents of the sea From the verges of the empire will come, God save the King !”