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DEVOTION IS KEYNOTE OF CORONATION
GEORGE VI CROWNED KING
JOYOUS SALUTE PEALED BY
ABBEY BELLS
London, May 12.
A deep-throated roar of guns at St. James' Park proclaimed the crowning of King George VI at 12.31 p.m. The Abbey bells pealed a joyous salute and the crowds packed along Parliament Square and Whitehall spontaneously broke into three ear-splitting cheers and took up the cry of those inside the Abbey, "God Save the King.
The entire Abbey ceremony was relayed to the street through loudspeakers, thus enabling the vast gathering to follow every item in the solemn proceedings. AT THE ABBEY
From emblazoned " windows. twinkling candelabras light glances on the stately scene awakening to AL new loveliness of colour sym phony of soft blue and pale gold with which the transcept galleries have been transformed.
Or the purest and deepest gold Is the high altar on which is laid the gold plate of the Abbey beside the chalice, Hagon and
candle-
sticks from the Royal Chapel, Be- fore the High Altar is the golden and purple fringed carpet of tae. Coronation Theatre and on the Talsed dat of Ave steps is the King's crimson Throne, with the
"A SPLENDID SUCCESS"
more was nearest the altar and next in order were the Countess of Strathmore, the Duchesses of
The Queen took her place on Gloucester and Kent, the Queen her Throne, to the left of the of Norway, Queen Mary, Princess King to whom she bowed, as she Elizabeta and Princess Margaret passed. The Service then entered Rose. The little Princesses look its flaai phase, the Holy Com- extremely interested and Princess munion ending with the · trium- Elizabeth asks a few questions and ¦ phant Te Deum. then, "following Queen Mary's ex- ample, studies the programme while Princess Margaret, looking very small and dainty, swung her feet, glanced around and beating
time with the music.
FANFARE OF TRUMPETS ·· A fanfare of trumpets, followed by the striking-up or the anthem. Glad" announced that "I Was
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The Royal processions then re- turned to the west door amid the thunderous peals of the National
Anthem in an even more brilliant
spectacle than when the proces sion entered the Abbey, the King wearing the Crown and carrying. the Sceptre and ivory rod,
It was apparent that the Queen's pallot, so noticeable ear-
Queen's Throne two steps lower Their Majesties had arrived and tier in the morning, was gone and, were robing in the annexe. The she made a beautiful regal figure Abbey was flooded with golden?
as she passed through the bowing light as the King's and Queen's line of Peers and Peeresses. The
11.15 a.m.
colour had also returned to the processions began at
King's face although he locked grave and composed.
on the left. Before the Thrones, in the centre of the sanctuary, is King Edward's' chair.. in which, since Edward the Confessor, the Kings of England have been an- nointed and crowned.
The guests in the nave, tier upon tler, craned their necks" to catch a glimpse of the long cortage and In the midst of the gorgeous
brilliantly. apparelleled officers robes and dresses sit sixteen grey-
slowly advancing up the aisle, some haired women, the mother of men
representing Orders of Chivalry who fell in the War, wearing the
and others carrying the Standards medals of their dead sons. The
of the various parts of the Em- first arrivals, in the Royal Box were
pire. Then followed four Knights the Earl and Countess of Strath- more, and by 8.45 a.m. the Abbey's of the Garter who were followed
by the eight thousand spectators were la
Empire. their allocated seats. At 9 2.
Baldwin procession entered "the the Arst nave consisting of members of the British and foreign Royal Families and the foreign delegations.
Prime Ministers of the headed by Mr. Stanley
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JAPAN CELEBRATES
Tokyo, May 12. Yokohama, Osaka, Kloto, Kobe and other big towns in Japan are joining the British nation in
pictures of King George and Queen Elizabeth. adorned with white roses" and the. Union Jack. Even cafes and bars are entertaining their patrons with appropriate celebra- tions for the occasion.
THE SWEARING OF OATH Preceeded by officers carrying Coronation · celebrations. Show their respective Regalia came the windows in the shopping centres At 10 a.m. the Dean (Very Rev. Queen followed by the King. Thein Tokyo, and Yokohama are do- Foxley-Norris) and prebendaries of Queen, known to millions by her minated by decorations including the Abbey entered in slow pro- charming smile. looked pale and cession, carrying the Regalla "from serious as she slowly advanced the altar down the nave to the towards the choir, The King, annexe where the stewards of the wearing his cap of State, looked Crown, Sceptre. Sword and Orbs, straight in front as he proceeded
the deposited them on the table where slowly towards
Coronation the they were taken up by the officers Theatre
bowing who carried them in the Royal spectators. Procession. The Choir preceded the prebendarles, chanting the Litany, thus introducing an im- to the acclamations. His Majesty's pressive note of religious awe into what up till then had been a
purely lay pageant.
THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE The vast congregation" rose to their feet as one at 10.15 a.m. when the glittering procession of mem- bera of Royal blood entered, pre- ceded by the Heralds. The Prin- cess Royal walked up the aisle with Princess Elizabeth on her right and Princess Margaret Rose on her left. "The little Princesses had short trains of purple and gold and 'walked with child-like dignity be
side their aunt, Princess Margaret Rose paying the deepest attention to keeping step which was barely within her stride. Princess Eliza- beth's bearing was quite regal.:
Looking very stately and wearing long trains, the Duchesses of Glou- cester and Kent followed, taking their seats in the Royal Box to the right of the altar.
between
All newspapers are devoting During Recognition their front
Coronation pages o Ceremony the King stood motion- less and then bowed low in answer
volce, while awearing the oath, was low but clear and, without hesita- tion.
A WONDERFUL SIGHT The first part of the Communion service followed With the Choir chanting the Creed, everyone faced the altar and the Coronation be-
came an ecclesiastical ceremony which shortly reached a spiritual elimax with the anointing.
was
It wonderful sight, a
the splendidly garbed bishops on the left of Their Majesties with the high officers of the State in their crimson and ermine robes on the right, the Queen's 'magnificent train with the contrasting purple and gold of her corsage' sparkling with diamonds and her dark hair uncovered emphasised her youth,
During Handel's anthem, "Zádok the Priest;"; the King's crimson robe was removed by the Lord Great Chamberlain and His Majesty pro- ceeded to Edward's chair which
At 10,35 am, amit a cresendo or, excitement, the Queen of Nor- was placed in front of the altar. way entered, surrounded by Four Knights of Garter held the Heralds and followed by the re- rich canopy over the King's head. vered Agure of the Queen Mother, during the anointing by the wearing the Order of the Garter Archbishop of Canterbury on his and blazing diamonds, her train hands, head and breast. being borne by four scarlet elad pages. The two Queens proceeded to the Royal Box where they were received by the Duchess of Glou- -cester.
As he stood in a white shirt, white, breeches, white stockings, buckled shoes and bare headed, the King" looked a very boyish figure ́and touched the hearts of," all "the" With Queen Mary's arrival, the beholders, and the Queen watched front row of the Royal Box was very closely as the King passed completed. The Earl of Strath-.' through the various ceremonies.
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TRAGIC
INTERLUDE
IN ABBEY
London, May 12,
A tragic incident occurred dur- ing the Coronation service in Westminster Abbey,
The Hon. Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton-Russell, heir to Viscount. Воуле. waཐུ ་ buddenly informed that his four-year old daughter.. Charmian, had fallen down sixty feet in the lift shaft of the resi dence of Lord Bearsted.
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The Hon. Hamilton-Russell hur-
ried
Hospital to Westminster where the child died in his pre-
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King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
BRILLIANT LOCAL SCENES
MYRIAD-HUED CHINESE PAGEANTRY
~Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England were crowned in Westminster Abbey yesterday amid ancient and traditional ceremonial.
God Save the King and Queen!" was the fervent cry that rang out from the heart of every member of the vast British Empire as the people from the richest to the humblest, joined wholeheartedly in the celebrations that marked this dynamic event in the glowing history of the British monarchy,
· AR corners of the Empire were united as one with London in the foyous festivities, the keynote of which 'must surely be the love and devotion of a people for their King and Queen. Tradition has inspired the noble heritage of the British Empire for centuries. It has built the chain of world friendship, each link of which is steeped in all that, tradition stands for.
Throughout the world yesterday there were celebrations.
Hong Kong played its paṛt and magnificently, too.
The Colony was just one surging mass of people eager to see the street and harbour de- corations which surpassed all previous efforts.
Hong Kong was in truly gala attire.
Local celebrations commenced with a most impressive Services Review at HAPPY followed by Cathedral and Church services at which there were crowded contrēgations.
Valley,
At noon the Royal salute was fired and balf-an-hour later the Executive Council, Judges. and Legislative Counell met in the Council Chamber when a telegram of congratulation was for- warded to K.M. the King and a Loyal Address from the community of Hong Kong was signed by all members at the meeting.
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In the afternoon, the bewildering, yot magnificent, Chinese processions wended their way. through the crowded City streets passing Government House at 2,30 pm.
In the evening, services were held in focal Churches.
When the clock struck eight last night, the Island and mainland were transformed, as if by magic, into fairylands of shimmering lights, and présented a spectacle so rich and beautiful in composition that no artist's brush could even do justice to the brilliance of that scintillating
scene.
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There was, so much to see nightflying by illuminated aircraft, darling searchlight dis- pinys, and... splendid fireworks by the Japanese community--all of which, added" immensely to the thrill and cufoyment of the thousands of sightseers, a
"At Government Hours last night, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern~ ment (Mr. N. L. Smith) and Mrs. Smith; received 2,000 guests at a brilliant Coronation Bail
and The local celebrations will be continued to-day and to-morrow
will conclude on Saturday night when a Coronation gala will be staged at the Victoria Recreation Clab.
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LOYAL ADDRESS.
FROM COLONY
The Executive Council, Judges and Legislative Council, assembled in the Council Chamber at 12.30 yesterday when a telegram of con- gratulation was forwarded to H.M. the King and the Loyal Address from the Community of Hong Kong was signed by all members at the meeting and read by His Excellency the Officer
the Administering Government, Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G. The proceedings were broadcast.
O.A.G.'s SPEECH
After the Hon. Mr. R. A. D. For- rest (ecretary for Chinese Affairs) had taken the Oath of Allegiance, and assumed his seat as a member of the Council. His Excellency, ad- dressing the Council said:-
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"A Prayer For The King's Reign"
Under the title of "A Prayer for the King's Reign," the following verses by John Mase feld. the
Poet Laureate, appear in the Souvenir Programme of the Coronation:
Ụ God, the Ruler over earth and `bea,
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Grant u Thy guidance in the reign to be:
Grant that our King may make” this ancient land
A realm of brothers, working, mind and hand.
To make the life of minu a fairer thing:
God, grant this living glory to the King. V
Grant, to our Queen, the strength that lifts and shares
l'he daily burden that a Monarch, bears:
Grant, to them both, Thy holy help, to give
The hopeless, hope) the & workless, means to live:
The light to see, and skill, to make unsee
Where ways" are bad, what beiter ways may be?
And grace, to give to working minds the sest
To reach excelling things beyond their best:
Grant to them peace, and Thy „diviner peace,
The joy of making human ware to cease:
Make wise the councils of the men who sway
The Britain here, the Britains for au
And grant all, that every rightness willed
In this beginning reign may be fulfilled.
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MILITARY REVIEW
The Coronation Review of the Troops by His Excellency the Off- cer Administering the Government, Mr. N. L. Smith,. CMG, at the Race Course yesterday was one of the grandest displays of its kind ever to have been witnessed in the Colony, and indeed those respon sible for the Coronation Celebra- Lions, programme could not have chosen a more fitting "opening" to the official functions.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE AT CATHEDRAL
At St. John's Cathedral yester- day morning a form of prayer and thanksgiving service in connection with the Coronation of Their Ma- jesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was conducted by the Bishop of Hong Kong, Right Rev. Ronald Owen Hall, and the Rev. Henry Wolte Baines.
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Hong Kong turned out in full force to witness it despite the
The service was attended by His early hour that the Review was Excellency the Officer Administer- timed to start. In fact, as early ing the Government, Mr. N." L as 6.30 a.m. a steady stream of Smith, and Mrs. Smith. His Ex-. people began to pour into the Race Course and by 7.30 am. the crowd cellency the General Officer Com- had grown so dense that the traffic manding. Major-General police had a busy time, directing Bartholomew, and Mrs. Bartho- "the stream of motor cars and taxis, lomew, the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl and at the same time keeping the MacGregor, and Lady MacGregor, pedestrians, which included thou- and members of the Consular Body sands of up-country visitors, in-Messrs. F. A. Van Waerden, M. order. It was estimated. by the Serge, HA. Keller, G. Miskin, time Hts Excellency arrived, that | D. G. E. Middleburg and Mrs. Mid- some 100,000 people had assembled dieburg.
to witness the stirring display of military pageantry.
SHOW OF LOYALTY Military Reviews are not uncom- mon in Hong Kong. We have the
This form of service, which was commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, had four parts.
big one every year to celebrate the (1) The Introduction, in which King's Birthday and on other oc- the hymn "All people that on earth casions, too, the community le af- do dwell" led after responses to forded an opportunity to see the the Exhortation. turning the minds troops in review formation. But of the congregation to the Abbey there was something special about Church of St. Peter at West- the spectacle yesterday-something minster, whither our King and that made one feel that not only Queen are coming to receive from were the thousands of men, women God the anointing, which seals, and children there to watch the their lifes" service and bestows proceedings, but to share in the God's grace for its fulfilment, and display of loyalty to the Throue, a the Crowns, which are the embleme loyalty that has remained un- of their royal state." shaken through, all troubles and
(2) Penitence," tribulations—a loyalty that grows stronger with the passage of these: "THE" MARCH FAST
So much for the spectators. And the Troops themselves, what of them? they were splendid. The March Past was something to be remembered and the way each
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unit did its part aroused the ad- Cables miration of all who saw it. Mass- | Finance ed Bands took up their position Leading Article
opposite the Baluting Base and
there were the Royal Navy, the Local Diary Royal Marines, the Royal Welch Mall Notices Fusiliers with their mascot, the Radio Programme Seaforth Highlanders, very smart
in klits the Royal Ulster Rines,
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