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fairy lamps which also formed the words, "God Save the King."
The Man On Insurance Co., Ld., had numbers of Japanese lanterns suspended along the ver- andahs, and over the principal entrance was an illuminated design bearing appropriate Chinese characters, and a similar design on each side of the doorway.
The verandahs of the premises of the China Fire Insurance Co. were outlined with Japanese lanterns of various colours and shapes.
Messrs. Cawasjee Pallanjee & Co. had their premises at 22, Stanley Street well illuminated. with rows of Japanese lanterns, there being a double row on the middle verandah and a single row top and bottom. Above the entrance was Euspended a large gas lamp.
The refinery of the China Sugar Refining Co., Ld, and the adjoining house were illuminat- ed with electric lights.
The decorations at the Club Lusitano in Shelley Street were on a lavish scale, and very effective they proved. The whole frontage was picked out with coloured portrait lanterns. In the arch above the main entrance was a huge illuminated portrait of the King and Queen surrounded with a border made up of the rose, thistle and shamrock. In the two arcbes to the right and left of the central design the letters "E." and "A.” were exhibited, being formed by large gas globes, which, together with the other decorations, yielded a very fine effect and drew forth much admiration.
Mention must not be omitted of the display made by car very loyal and patriotic citizen. Mr. H. N. Mody. His residence," Burey Lodge" on Caine Road, was very artistically decorated, The trees in front of the house were hung with lanterns, a feature which is always charming. The front of the house was conspicuous with its design in gas- of the letters E." and "A.” about 3 feet high. Underneath this was "God bless the Emperor of India" in letters of about 2 feet; while the whole was capped with an enormous crown measuring nearly 5 feet. The roof was festooned with lanterns, and it would be difficult to conceive of any thing hand. somer than the effect this residence produced. Messrs. R. S. Woonwalla & Co.'s house in Old Baily was illuminated with a few hundred Japanese lanterns of various colours.
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire had their premises splendidly decorated. On the Des Voeux Road side the whole facade was outlined, with a huge red lantern as a centrepiece. On the Praya side, all the verandahs and balconies were simi- larly set off with Japanese and Chinese lanterns. The main feature here was the display of the Chinese characters denoting Taikoo, composed of long red crimson lanterns; this spectacle was much admired and appreciated especially by the Chinese sightseers. Surmounting this device were the letters E. R.," illuminated by elec- ricity, the whole thing being enclosed in a fancy border of coloured lamps.
The City Hall was decorated with lanterns on the Queen's Road and Harbour sides, the latter especially being a beautiful example of the decorative art.
Along the edge of the Parade Ground lanterns of various colours were suspended adding to the general pleasing effect.
The Cricket Ground and Club-house were also illuminated.
Mr. W. Waters had the frontage of Thomas's Hotel very nicely decked, and the decoration here were all the more effective as the building is advantageously situated for being viewed along several different vistas.
The Civilian Club premises lent their quota to the illuminations on Queen's Road, lanterns being hung out along the balcony.
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The work of decorating Queen's Building was entrusted to Mesars. Leigh & Orange, who succeeded in making the handsome pile look beautiful. The entire structure, with the cor- nices, was outlined with Chinese and Japanese lanterns. On each turret were displayed the illuminated letters, E. R." Fish lanterns were suspended from each gable and the tower was festooned with rows of lanterns reaching from the dome down to the parapets. As regards the scheme of colour, the main gables were illa- minsted in red and the remainder of the build-❘ ing in white and variegated lanterns, productive of a splendid effect.
The office of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha (Prince's Building 1st floor) was throughout decorated with a number of Japanese lanterus, specially designed and showing the Union Jack and the Japanese national flag crossed. These lanterns outlined the arches, pillars and ver andahs of the building and were intersected by a number of Union Jacks, Japanese national flags and house flags.
The illuminations of the second and third floors of the same building were carried out by the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha at the request of the firms occupying them. They were decorated with red Japanese lanterns also, completely ont- lining the arches, pillars and verandahs.
The premises of Messrs A Chee & Co., furni- ture dealers, 17, Queen's Road, were minated with some 200 Japanese lanterns with the design of a crown of flowers and the Union Jack and Yellow Dragon between.
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The Parsee Club at 11, Shelly Str. et, was tastefully illuminated with Japanese lanterns.
Yanmati Police Station was tastefully set off with bunting and Chinese streamers, and the decorations were much admired by the Chinese there.
[August 16, 1902. among the best exhibited in the colony. No special design was observed in the illumination of the establishment of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, but an effective display was made by the numerous lanterns suspended from the building; during the day bunting was flown from the flag-staff above the clock. The various messes marked the occasion by illuminated lanterns, es also did thé Queen's Hotel. The proprietor of the Kowloon Hotel was prevented by unpropitious weather from discharging a number of rockets stored for the purpose on the premises.
THE HARBOUR.
During the day the ships in harbour exhibited bunting lavishly, and at night were illuminated by lanterns that in several cases depicted the entire outlines of the vessels. A very interesting feature of the celebrations was the firework di-play by the Japanese community. At the original date of the Coronation it will be remembered that through their Consul the Japanese residents here expressed a wish to be allowed to take a distinctive and separate part in this section of the programme, and the Corona- tion Committee, recognising and appreciating the friendly feeling that prompted the request, readily gave its acquiescence. The display took place in the forenoon, and was watched by hundreds of spectators, whose interest and admiration
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the exhibition progressed. Rocket after rocket ascended from the lighter moored in the harbour off the Naval Yard extension works, and each was a fresh illustration of the ingenuity and originality expended in its composition. Bursting into showers of bright coloured stars, some revealed ministure replicas of the Union. Jack, whilst The froutage of the Kowloon Institute, others again showed a succession of figures of including the window arches, was outlined with men and other creatures of the animal kingdom. Japanese lanterns. In the central arch of the At half-past twelve a Royal salute was fired. upper verandah was displayed a large cross When night fell, the appearance of the composed of red lanterns which looked extreme-harbour, gay though it had been through-
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to the scenes described in the fairy On its broad bosom, books of childhood. calm now as though typhoons never exist. ed, were seen the outlines of many vessels picked out in coloured lanterns, conspicuous amongst them all being the Japanese cuis, r Chitose with its illuminated masts and spars, turrets, funnels, and hull. The steamer Loong- sang, lying off Blake Pier, also bad its shape illustrated by lanterns running aloft and down to the water's edge, the picture thus presented attracting a large share of public attention. H.M.88. Tamar and Rinaldo had not up till this time shown any illuminations. but on a signal gun from the former ship about half-past nine both burst simultaneously into a blaze of light. Then on the Tamar was seen the motto "God Save the King" and a large shield enclosing the letters "E.R," whilst, beginning at the water's edge and running up to the points of the three masts, between which they extended, there appeared on the Rinaldo light after light, travelling swiftly till the whole scheme of illumination had assumed definite shape; suspended amidships, too, was an illuminated crown that gave the final touch of enhancement to the spectacular effect, Previous to this rockets, explod ing with a new splendour in the night, had been sent up from the Japanese lighter, and now the Tamar joined in the fiery demons- tration of rejoicing, while farther out the U.S.8. Monadnock flashed its seachlight over the panorama of dancing light spread out in the harbour and on shore. Then came the rain and with it the end of all these manifestations of a people's rejoicing in the crowning of their King and Queen.
FISH LANTERN PROCESSION. The fish lantern procession, an "olo custom" which has been in vogue for years and years, was, like the illuminations, shorn of much of its beauty by the rain. Starting from West Point at about 8 p.m., the procession proceeded via Queen's Road West. and Queen's Road Central. Here the first heavy downpour of rain caused a stoppage. After the rain had abated the procession made another move and proceeded down Pedder's Street. On account of the crowds of pedestrians and rickshas a halt of ten minutes had to be made outside the Hongkong Hotel. The police were very busy keeping the crowds of Chinese back, and the members of the force had to resort to coercive measures to prevent the Celestials from blocking up the line of route The procession then wended its way along Des Voeux Road, through Wardley Street, and round to the Queen's Statue, arriving there at about 9.40 pm. The procession had barely reached the Statue when the rain came down in torrents, and ex- tinguished the lanterns which illuminated the fishes, causing the procession to disperse. The fish were very pretty, and showed up exceed. ingly well, their fins blowing about in the breeze, and making the designs very realistic. At intervals Chinese girls dressed in silks of various tints, and with faces decorated with powder and paint, were carried in ornate chairs, adding greatly to the picturesqueness of the scene.
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The Kowloon community made no pretence of At the Hon. Wei A Yuk's private residence, emulating the elaborate scheme of decorations "Braeside," Macdonnell Road, the decorations and illuminations carried out on the other were a crown about 18 feet in diameter, outlines side of the harbour, the display made on the with fairy lamps, with jewels of multi-coloured premises of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock lamps in centre. On the scaffolding occupying Company at Hunghom being the most promin the whole frontage of the house, and immedi-ent. The central part of the yard was decorated ately under the crown, were displayed the with the letters E.R.," surmounted by the letters "E.R." and "God save the King," in Royal crown and outlined by double rows of in- letters four feet deep, illuminated with fairy candescent lights. The letters stood about lamps. By the side' the crown floated the fifteen feet high and the crown upwards of flags of 'England and China. At the base of twenty feet, and the designs were placed in an the scaffolding, in less prominent letters, the elevated position near the water front. At the name of the house "Braeside, 1902," appeared. eastern extremity of the Docks the residence of Festoons of Japanese lanterns suspended from the manager, Mr. W. Wilson, was ontlined from the arches of all the verandahs completed a roof to the basement by electric are lights. very fine decorative scheme.
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MACAO'S CONGRATULATIONS. We received on Monday night from the Colonial Secretary's Office the following copy of a telegram from H.E, the Officer Administering the Government of Macao, to H.E. the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong, dated 9th August, 1902 --
Je vous prie de recevoir les felicitations les plus sincéres qui, au nom de la colonie de Macau et en non propre nom, j'ai l'honneur de vous presenter par ce moyen pour le couron- nement de sa gracieuse majesté l'empereur roi Edouard 7.---Secrétaire-Général.”