The Delhi Durbar.
INVESTITURE CEREMONY. In connection with the Coronation Durbar, the Viceroy (Lord Curzon), as Grand Master of the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire, held grand chapters and brilliant investitures in the throneroom of the Great Moguls—the audience hall. This was lighted by electricity, which heightened the effect of the architecture, the display of brilliant costumes and priceless jewels, the well-marshalled processions and the grouping. THANKSGIVING SERVICE. The State service of thanksgiving in the open air was attended by the Viceroy, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and representatives of all branches of the public service. There was a solid array of British soldiers. The Bishops of Calcutta and Lahore officiated. The responses were regulated so. that at a given signal the bandsmen sang them through megaphones, with grand effect. A number of Pathans attempted to seize gems worth a quarter of, a million sterling, exhibited in the Art Exhibition at Delhi. The attempt was frustrated after a scuffle with the police.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1903, Page 2
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171The Delhi Durbar. Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1903, Page 2
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