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FIRST AIR MAIL CORONATION PICTURES
CROWNING OF KING GEORGE VI
The "impressive scene as the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the Crown of St. Edward on the head of King George VI. As soon as this was done there were loud, cries of "God Save The King," and outside salutes were fired in the King's honour. Our picture shows the King seated in the Coronation Chair, having received the Orb, the Ring, and the Sceptres, while the Archbishop of Can- Behind the terbury, in his magnificent cope, stands with the Crown held aloft over the King. Archbishop is the Dean of Westminster bearing the Bible, which was afterwards presented to the King. On the right of the throne is the Bishop of Bath and Wells and on the left the Marquess of Zetland, who carried the Sword of State. "Some of the Queen's train bearers are on the left of the picture...
SIR ANDREW
CALDECOTT
Council To Express Appreciation
At the meeting of the Legisla
tive Counelf to be held at the Council Chamber at 2.30 p.m. this afternoon, His Excellency the off- cer Administering the Government (Mr. N. L. Smith, CM.G.), will move the following resolution:-
That this Council desires to ex- press its hearty appréciation of the eminent services rendered for the good of the Colony by Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.CMG., C.BE, during the perfod of his Administration, and instructs the Clerk to com- municate the terms of this resola- lion to Sir Andrew.
HEALTH RETURNS
1:
Two cases of measles and one each of small-pox and cerebro- spinal tever were notified to the local Health authorities during the three days ended on Monday..
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CORONATION DAY IN LONDON
HOLLAND Mr. Stanley Dodwell's
HOUSE
Impressions
Before Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell left the Colony as one of its repre sentatives at
Modern Offices Set the Coronation, the
And Flats
Holland House, the latest add
tion to Hong Kong's many modern
of
General Chamber of Commerce Dr. M. E. Key) suggested to him that he should write for the information of his fellow-residents his personal impressions of "the great day." Mr. Dodwell, has indly done so and Mr. Key has supplied copies to the Prets, Mr. Dodwell, writes:
Hong Kong. in its Cinemas and from the "Times" and other Lon-
don papers will get a far better dea of the grandeur of the Coronation Ceremony than I can ever hopes to give. I shall, there- fore, attempt nothing more than a brief account of the experiences of Hong Kong's own representatives on the great day.
office buildings, is now nearing completion and will be ready for Occupation in the very near future. The property of the Hong Kong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., this seven-storey building 18 *ituate at the junction of Ice House Street and Queen's Road Centra and its completion will
orm ode continuous block modern bunk buildings, along Queen's Road Central, from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation to Ice House Dr. T'so and I were instructed by Street, for the ground floor of the Colonial Office to be ready at Holland House will be occupied by Balley's Hotel at 8 am. Actually The Netherlands Trading Society, our car arrived at 5.45 a.m. and who at present have their offices we were installed in our seats, in in Powell Building.
the Abbey before seven o'clock, (Continued on Back Page!
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TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS THROUGH THE MALL
"To-day I stand on the threshold of a new life. Heavy are the responsibilities that have so suddenly and unex pectedly come upon me--but it gives me courage to know that I can count on your un failing, help and affection.
"For my part I shall do my utmost to carry on my father's work for the welfare of our
great Empire. We have in. herited "from" our fathers a great tradition of liberty and service.
“I am confident that what-
over life may bring to us we shall continue to work together to preserve this noble heritage so that we may hand it on unimpaired to those that come after.
THE KING
to the Dominion Premiers.
QUEEN MARY'S
BIRTHDAY
To-day is the birthday of Ber
Majesty Queen Mary, Great Bri- tain's beloved Queen Mother.
The anniversary will be sultably. marked in Hong Kong to-day when His Majesty's ships will be, dressed over-all from 8 a.m. to sunset.
At noon guards and bands will paráde and a Royal salute of 21 guns will be fired by H.M.S. Tamar, H.M. aircraft carrier Eagle and H.MLS. Adventure.
HONOURS LIST
We have received by air mail the complete: official Coronation Honours List. As this list would occupy at least Ova pages, the reason for our not publishing it will be obvious, but anyone who so desires may inspect the fist at our City Office.
AIN MAIL PICTURES
We have also received by s mail a splendid selection of vivid Coronation pictures. They· con. stitute" a remarkably interesting collection, and, whilst we will pub- Hish many of them in. "The Hong Kong Daily Press," yet it will not be possible to publish all Salt any of our readers would like to inspect them, they are invited to do so at our City Office, Marina House, 15-19 Queen's Road," Cen- tral,
ROYAL FAMILY IN HAPPY
BALCONY SCENE
A happy picture of Their Majesties on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their return from the Abbey. They had to acknowledge again and again the cheers of a vast crowd outside the Enlace gates. In the front are Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Behind the King is Earl Kitchener, one of the nine Pages who bore his train at the Coronation, and beside the Queen is lady Urania Manners, daughter of the Duke of Rutland and one of her Majesty's six train-bearers. The King is wearing the Imperial State Crown, which is of silver and weighs only 39 ounces, as compared with the saven pounds of the golden Crown of England, used for the crowning ceremony but not worn on the Journey from the Abbey on account of its weight. As the Imperial State Crown is the crown not of a Kingdom, but of an Empire, its arches are not depressed at the centre, as are those of the golden crown. The Queen is weating her Coronation crown.“
LEPER RUMOUR
DENIED
PARCELS TO TROOPS ABROAD
As a result of the rumours to
The Postmaster-General" of Bri the effect that a number of lepo, tain has annousaed that from from Kwangtung, have found their June 1 parcels addressed to per- way into Hong Kong and Macao.sonnel of the Army and Royal Air a "Daily Press" representative in-Fotze serving at any placé abroad terviewed the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, will be accepted at the satorM Inspector General of Police, on the rates which are already in force for parcel addressed to ships of subject yesterday and was inform-
the Navy to foreign waters. These ed that there was no truth in the rates are:-Up to 315, 18. 34.; 7ĺb, rumours.
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The procession entering the Mall on the first sture of the drive to Westminster Abbey,
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In the Mall -Despite the rain and the absence of busui, great crowds sétimbled along the route, "The scene from the top of the Admiralty Arch after the procession had passed is soen above.