THE CORONATION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 5

THE CORONATION

-—-• j FESTIVITIES IN LONDON. THEIR MAJESTIES NOT ] FATIGUED. | 1 j DINE AT BUCKINGHAM. \ (Received Last Night, 8.30 o'clock.)., | LONDON, June 23. j It is announced, that neither the i King nor the Queen suffered any undue fatigue after yesterday's ceremonies. They spent the afternoon quietly at home, and dined with the Royal guests staying at Buckingham NEWFOUNDLAND STONE. When the button was pressed a fusion wire lowered the Newfoundland stone into its position. The King Ii sent a message of high appreciati : of Dr. Grenfell's work. He referrc. to the arduous lives of the Newfound- , land fisherman. SPECIAL CORONATION SERVICE. Queen Alexandra and her sister, the Dowager .Empress Marie of Russia, attended a special Coronation service at Sandringham Church. CHILDREN ENTERTAINED. Fourteeu hundred adults and children at the Sandringham estate were entertained by King George's and Queen Mary's order at dinner, tea, j and sports. Gifts were distributed j during the dinner. I Queens Alexandra and Mary, and ! Princess Victoria visited and convened | many of them. N Queen Alexandra afterwards permitted them to visit the gardens and grounds adjoining Sandringham House. ILLUMINATIONS AND DECORATIONS. Unprecedent-edly large, enthusiastic, , .and orderly throngs stretching right through the city to the West End wit- J i nessed the illuminations, which were J the most brilliant on record. j There were many fresh and ingen- ' lious adaptations of electricity. j All the principle buildings over a I large part of London were a blaze of light. J IMMENSE CROWDS.' The thoroughfares were almost impassable for hours. ] Thousands took up their positions at I midnight to await to-day's procession, while thousands were thronging the approaches to Buckingham in the evening. The Prince of Wales, in naval uniform, repeatedly waved his hand from an upper window in,response to cheers. The erowd sang "Rule Britannia," and "God save the King." VARIOUS ACCIDENTS. Captain MacOwan, whose horse : rolled over him, had his skull fracj tured. J The casualties among the military and general public were the smallest i J on record. / j During the procession in Main 1 I Street, the Branstable Triumphal . arch of timber, wreathed in evergreens and flags, fell, killing a woman. Several persons were pinned under the wreckage and greviously injured. j A horsey drawing a, van, bolted, and j plunged into a children's procession 1 at Cbwes. ! A girl was killed. I During a fancy dress parade cara- ; J van, the driver of a decorated car fell, j and was run over and killed. | CHURCHES UNITED SERVICES. : In many instances in the English provinces, the Anglicans and NonConformists joined in united services in the parish churches, but in Worces- I ter there was friction with the Cathedral chapter, which led to the Mayor and Corporation attending the Wes|leyan Church instead of the Cathe- •• dral. I There was a slight shower at eight ( j o'clock in London. j A WONDERFUL MESSAGE. I ' The Right Hon.H. ff; V A|quith's -[ little son Anthony at ten o'clock tele- ; phoned to the Festival of Empire, | giving the word for the signal for | home countries bonfires. ' j T,u his message he said he hoped the • rocket fired at the Festival of Empire besides lighting the Coronation' beacons throughout the land, would kindle in all hearts fresh fires of loveiand devotion to the King and Empire. COUNTRY ALIVE WITH BONFIRES. It is estimated that there were three thousand bonfires like miniature volcanoes from John o' Groats to Land's End. Hundreds of Irish hills were ablaze. London .was surrounded by fires. There were"6B in Cornwall. From Devonshire a chain of light extended through Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Gloucestershire, to Malvern Hills. The whole country's silent features similarly outlined. u . , Fires everywhere fringed the coasts. There were eightyisix beacons in the Cavan country,' " A FRENCH EULOGY.: j BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES. I (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) ! LONDON, Juno 23. A. contributor to Lo Temps, the French newspaper, remarks that those I remembering King Edward's Coronation were bound to observe their main characteristics. A feature of yesterday's ceremony was, it says, the part given to the , Oversea Dominions. Their flags waving besides those of the United Kingdom, and the order, of the banners, constituted one of the most remarkable symbols. "Such is," says the paper, "the very respect under which one might anticipate the Coronation of the Sailor King. Britain's possession of colonies' of undying resources and everyoung po«ers. is assuring her perpetual greatness." CELEBRATION IN JAPAN. (Received Last Night, 10,5 o'clock.) TOKIO, June 23. A general holiday was observed in Japan on Coronation Day. A lantern-procession several miles in length traversed the British Embassy, singing specially-composed songs of congratulation. I The whole of the Japanese news- ' papers express the fervent hope that

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