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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1903, Page 3

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BY KLBOTBIO TItBUBAPH COPIBIGHT. ■ THE GREAT INDIAN RURBAR. I FEB PEE 33 ASSOCIATION. Bombay, January 2. i In the csurse of his speech, Lord ; Curzon eulogised the loyalty and selfI siciifice of the feudatory princes. i ; He announced that the interest: on: famine leases would be remitted for j I three years, and he hoped shot tly to alleviate taxation on everything, thus i indicating a prosperous future, while , the supremacy of the paramount power was unchallenged. The Amphitheatre was a sceue cf incomparable splendour, representing all the eminent paopla in Indian society, native and Kurop an, with visitois from all parts of the world. A hundred great feudatorirs, wi'h the high' British officia's, were grouped oa the right and left of the dais, where Lord acd Lady Curzon and the Duke and Duchess of Con- , naught eat on golden thrones. Behind ; the dais, and hidden by latticed frame- ' work, sat the Mahnranfee, including ' the mother of the it f ni ruler cf 1 Bhrampur, who was in her arms. When a'l were seated, tbe scene pro--1 duced a wonderfully d. zzliog colour effect. Wr.en 600 survivo s of the Indian ' Mutiny, inc'uding Europeans, Eun- ' siacs, and natives, one bang a centenarian, march'd in, the bands pi <yipg "See tbe Conquering Hero Comas" 1 end "Au'd Lang Syne," the whole assembly rose and saluted. Tbe crowd also gave an ovation to Lord Kitchener and 'he Duke of Cjn--1 naught, Lady Cu> zon and the Duchess 1 cf Connaught' ware seated slightly behind their husbands. Wben the hsrald announced King 1 Edward's Coronation, the Royal S'.and--1 ard was hoiet-d and a royal salute of 101 guns was fired. Toundsrs of apphuss followed I ord Ourzon's speech. The feudatories th<n paid individual homage, the N.zim of Hyderabad be 1 ginning, and each sendi- g congratulations to the Emperor. The richness of the dressrs and the splendour of their jewels were marvellous and unrivalled. The Begum of Cbopal, who was the only ruling princess present, was screened hy a veil, and wore ber crown. She knelt and laid a gold casket con- > taining her congratulations at Lord 'Curzon's fest. Toe stateliness and gorgeous beauty of the spectacle impressed al'. I G ARD UN PART 11.I 1 . i . Bomb t,"January 3. The Duke cf Con aught spacwlly selected his escort From the Tenth Lancer?, who were greatly cheered. This famous regiment played a conspicuous part at Dilhi during the mutiny, but were forbidden to take part in the Durbar, as a punishment for the maltreatment if two natives after the regiment recen'ly leturned from Siuth Afrca. The sentence was i meted out because the man declined to i disclose the perpetrators of the outrage. Viscount Curzon gave a girden i pirty to minor chiefs and provincial i Native gentleman, both he and the Duke of Oonniught shaking handj with hundreds of those presentel to tt)pm. STATE BANQUET. INDIA'S POWER AND INFLUENCE. | Bombay, January 3. Viscount Curzon, sp-aking to the toast of " King Edward " at the State ! bauqu-rt, s»id the Durbar must have , convinced everjoce present that India was no mure deadweight tied fo the . h< els < f tho Empire, but in itself was : an Emphv, self confident in its own , s'rength, and aglow with abundant potentialities. Ir.dk had left a deeper | mark on histo y, philosophy, and the , religion of m nkind, than any other ( t -rrito. ial unit i. f the universe.