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If thoughts of the distress of last December enter our minds to-day, it is inevitable that they should arise more earnestly in the mind of His Majesty. He will, however, proceed to West- minster Abbey assured by every means by which loyal assurances can be given that with him go his people's affection and good- will in abundance, knowing that the very exuberance of the Em- pire's Coronation celebrations re- flects the circumstances of his ascension to the Throne and illustrates the Empire's grati- tude that the Monarchy: still stands, happy and glorious, a people's as well as a kingly heritage.
In Westminster Abbey to-day a King is being crowned with
In the East, South, West and ceremonies steeped in the gran-North of the Abbey to-day, the deur and tradition of a thousand highest dignitaries of Great ages. In the Empire, millions of Britain will present His Majesty: “Sirs, I présent unto you King people are banding themselves
George, your undoubted King: together in joyous celebrations Wherefor all of you who are in a spontaneous and impressive come this day to do your homage
and service, are demonstration of their sincere
you willing to do the same?" And there will loyalty and affection. A page in come the cry from all present: British history is being written; "God Save the King!" It is a and be echo- echo written in the hearts and mem-cry which will
ed wherever people of British ories of millions of people in
race and allegiance are to be every quarter of the globe in a found this day. way that can never be erased so long as those peoples shall live. Colour and pageantry everywhere is the keynote and it will swell to-night to a crescendo of festivity and gladness that can never be forgotten.
Local Honours
The Colony's warmest felicita- tions will be extended to the local recipients of honours on the oc- casion of the Coronation. All, in their respective spheres, have rendered yeoman service to Hong Kong and there can be none who will cavil.
Hong Kong's enthusiastic sur render to the spirit of the occa- sion may be taken as an expres, sion of the feelings of the Em pire as a whole. There has been The Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith has a rising fever of excitement for had a most distinguished period days.
It thrills just to walk of service in local Government through the streets making the and his administrative ability, magical transformation that the coupled with his tact and charm, event has brought forth. It is have made e him a more than thrilling to see how myriads of worthy recipient of the honour lights have converted sombre conferred upon him. Mr. Gray- buildings into almost phantas- burn, or, as we shall have to magorical majesty. It is thrilling accustom ourselves to refer to to mix in the huge crowds gay him in future, Sir Vandeleur, has with the spirit of carnival. It is been Chief Manager of the Hong more thrilling and inspiring to Kong and Shanghai Bank in the ponder a moment upon the mean- Colony since 1980. During that ing of it all, to realise that Hong period he has borne a heavy Kong's splendid demonstration burden of responsibility during of affection, unique as it is with times of economic crisis, and he its injection of Chinese sym- has played a not unimportant bolism and Oriental cerem ial, part in the recent- tendency to- is but contributory to a
wards recovery. Mr. D. L. King wide festival of esteem and did sterling work in building up homa
while His Majesty and the Hong Kong Police Reserve his Queen are dedicating them to its present high level of effi- selves to their people and Empire
while Captain H. West-
in deeply solemn ritual.
lake for
been singled out That applies to It is a dedication that assumes with pe seven greater force a greater importance because of to
H. King, the only the events of a few months ago, woman in the local list, who has for it is possible to say that so worked unsparingly in the inter- far from being shaken by that ests of the Girl Guides and the crisis in the Empire's affairs, the Ministering Children's League,