The teams were follow:- No. 2 Chukka :-
Red.-H.R.H., Lord Airlie, Comyn,
and Thomas. White. Dangerfield, Bremner,
Campbell, and Stanton.
No. 4 Chukka :-
(3)
The following guests were enter- tained by His Excellency at dinner at Government House on Thursday evening:-H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, Mrs. Southorn, Hon. Mr. Creasy, Mrs. Tratman, Captain Whyte, Mr. Dyer, Very Rev. Dean Swann, Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Dyer, Hon. Comdr. Hole, Mrs. Skinner, Hon. Mr. Southorn, Mrs. Creasy,
Red. H.R.H., Lord Airlie,
Thomas, and Sugden. White.--Dangerfield, Abbott, Has- Hon. Dr. Wellington, Captain
kard, and Bakewell.
No. 6 Chukka :—
Red.-H.R.H., Lord Airlie, Clarke
and Thomas.
White.-Bakewell, Selton, Camp-
bell, and Herbage.
No. 7 Chukka :—
Red.-H.R.H., Lord Airlie, Carr,
and Thomas. White.--Comyn, Perfect, Abbott,
and Wolfe-Murray.
In the evening a dinner party was given at Government House in honour of His Royal Highness by H. E. the Governor.
The Prince is staying at Govern- ment House as the guest of His Excellency.
Japanese Fireworks,
All points of vantage in the city, on the Praya Reclamation in Wan- chai and in the open spaces in Kowloon were thronged with people at night, when the Japanese community entertained His Royal
Highness, the Duke of Gloucester with a fireworks display.
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The fireworks started at 10 p.m.
and the display was kept up for an hour. Altogether about fifty rockets " were fired and the colour combinations produced pretty effects. Red, blue, green and white lights were the predominant shades.
The rockets were discharged from the Volunteer Parade Ground at intervals of about three minutes and a strong westerly wind carried most of the lights past the city to the Western district, where the Chi- nese scrambled for the remains of the rockets as they came to earth. Each light is suspended on a paper parachute which is weighted down with a good number of cash and it is this last which is naturally the main cause of the scramble for the parachutes.
GUESTS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
were
Arbuthnot, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Captain Kerr, Mr. Scott, Captain | Sillitoe, Captain Perfect, Mr. Fer- guson, Mr. Tratman, Mrs. Swann, Hon. Dr. Tso, Lady IIo Tung, Hon. Mr. T. H. King, Mrs. Wellington, The Earl of Airlie, Mrs. J. R. Wood, Commodore Hill, Mrs. Tso, His Honour Mr. Justice Wood, Lady Marcia Miles, IIon. Mr. Hynes, Mrs. Ferguson, Colonel Skinner. Colonel Bird, and Major | Miles.
AT FANLING.
INFORMAL FOURSOMES
PLAYED.
The Duke of Gloucester enjoyed a quiet foursome at Fanling on W. E. L. Shenton against H.E. April 26, partnered by the Hon. Mr. Major-General Sandilands and Mr. E. Elles partnered Mr. H. L. Smith A. II. Ferguson. Major-General Sir
against Rear-Admiral Meade and Capt. the Hon. W. S. Leveson- Gower, while the Earl of Airlie
and Mr. R. H. B. Hancock played against Mr. Lloyd Thomas and Mr. A. Cameron. The foursomes were quite friendly and informal, and no scores were taken.
Including His Royal Highness and H.E. the Governor, the majority of the party wore khaki shorts, drill jackets, and khaki topees.
On arrival at Fanling, the Royal party were welcomed by Mr. L. S. Greenhill, Captain of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, and members of the Committee.
Lieut. Col. E. D. Matthews, secre- tary of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, who had gone out overnight make arrangements, was to
in charge at Fanling, where the dis- tinguished visitors were entertained to tiffin.
Interest In Kowloon.
When H.R.H. passed at 9.30 a.. on Friday morning along Nathan Road on his way out to the Fan- ling Golf Course very few people
However Sir Cecil were about.
on his re-
he would be passing about that time and thousands lined Nathan Road waiting patiently for his arrival.
"TO MEET PRINCE
HENRY."
GARDEN PARTY AT H.K. CRICKET CLUB GROUND.
PAVILION BEAUTIFULLY
DECORATED.
"His Excellency the Governor requests the pleasure of your company at a Reception on the Ground of the H.K. Cricket Club on April 26, at 4.30 p.m., to meet His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, K.G., G.U.V.0."
Two thousand members of the colony of Hong Kong were thrilled to receive a large card headed with the Royal crest in gold which invited them to meet Prince Henry. And the joy spread further, for frock and hat shops were invaded in order that the ladies of Hong Kong might do honour to the Prince.
Meanwhile the Committee of the Cricket Club had also been busy, and their lovely ground was trans- pavilion hung with bunting, and formed by banks of flowers, the
large semi-circle round the outskirts flag-decked marquees erected in a
facing towards the pavilion. In the marquees tea and refreshments front of the pavilion, behind a row were served to the guests, while in
of magnificent pot plants, was the
high table" and a series of strip- ed umbrellas, at which His Excel- lency the Governor sat with the Guest of Honour and the Govern- ment House party.
The Prince was received inside the pavilion by Mr. R. Hancock (President) and members of the Committee of the Club, and ap- peared on the steps with Sir Cecil Clementi at about 4.50 p.m. His appearance was heralded by the band of the K.O.S.B., who were the middle of the grouped in
"God Save the ground, playing King."
His Royal Highness
intro- duced by H E. the Governor to the Government House party and then went forward to shake hands with a number of Indian officers who were lined up to meet him, before sitting down to tea.
was
During the tea interval the Pipe Band and the Regimental Band of played alternately. the K.O.S.B The Pipers marching up and down as they played, with their kilts and ribbons swinging, added consider- ably to the gay and picturesque effect.
The following Clementi's guests at tiffin on turn journey at 3.30 p.m. in the Thursday at Government House :- afternoon people were aware that H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, Mrs. Waistell, The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Victoria, General Sir Hugh Elles, Captain Whyte, Mr. N. S. Brown, Capt Wolfe-Murray, Mr. The police had quite a job in Hornell, Hon. Sir Shou Son Chow, keeping back the huge crowd Perhaps while he sat at tea, the the tall The Earl of Airlic, Mrs. Shenton, gathered around the Police Pier Prince looking round at His Honour Sir H. Gollan, Mrs. where H.R.II. embarked on the grey buildings and big trees, may been reminded of garden Duppuy, Hon Mr. Shenton, Hon. Government motor launch Britan-have
held H.R.H.
in the Mr. Braga, Mr. Alabaster, Captain nia. As
was parties
beautiful Palace. Kerr, Captain Sillitoe, Mr. Scott, aboard the crowds of women and grounds of Buckingham Colonel Comyn, Mr. Thomas, Hon. children broke through the barrier The scene, with the gay frocks of and grey Sir Henry Pollock, Hon. Mr. Mes and rushed onto the pier waving the ladies, the green ser, Mr. Murakami, Mrs. Strachey, and cheering to the Duke who under a sky which did not do H.E. General Sandilands, Lady | smilingly replied by raising his hat justice to Hong Kong, was not
his Pollock, E. Admiral Waistelk, and waving in return.
dissimilar, but, if
thoughts Lady Chow, Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp,
wandered home, the Prince must Mrs. Kotewall, Admiral Meade,
have remembered the charming in- Hon. Mr. North, Mr. Li Yau Tsuen,
formality which distinguishes simi- Captain Strachey, and Captain
lar functions given by our truly Perfect.
Gracious King and Queen.
soon
as
Our representative was told that His Royal Highness was immensely pleased with his trip around the New Territories, and deeply inter- ested in all that he saw.
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