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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1922.

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"THE CHINA MAIL."

beauties which unfold themselves of justice-it had the rakish air of an are nailed white squares of cloth an The feelings of the people here are exhibition building i. fall carnival rig. which are printed the portrait of the

HONGKONG ON HOSPITALITY BENT. and Striegs of bunting fabered around the Prines with a picture of the

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PRINCE OF WALES HERE,

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COLONY IN FINE ATTIRE. background provided by the billside and an odd cluster of flags to relieve the

HOMAGE OF LEADING CITIZENS,

Everything

Fine Save Weather.

HIS FATIOUS SMILE.

The great day le here. Hongkong has welcomed the King's eldest son and is still bass, with "node and becks and wreathed smiles." with cheers and glad colours, manifesting its feelings of loyalty to our Reigning House.

Such opportunities come seldom. It is reasocable to make the most of them. The occasion is historic. It cught to imprint imperishable memories, memories worth

recalling.

The Prince is a charming man. "So good looking." our ladies. “A real sport," add the men. And he is the British Croan Prince, our future King-Emperor. What more to say?

Below the various members of the China Mail reporting staff, who have been very busy, narrate the various events of the day, from their respective angles of observation.

It is a pleasure to note that all so far has gone well, and is going well all, that is, save the weather. And even that might have been wOISE,

"Now to cur records.

"RENOWN" ARRIVES.

DELAYED BY FOG.

A DRIZZLY WELCOME.

-and when, even at ordinary times, does Hongkong look more magical thau ever at night

A." RENOWN" IN THE FOG.

were

above Marble Hall which reads "God-ymbolical figures on the e. of, broad Renown" beneath. A portrait of bless our Prince." Composed of huge bands of red white and bine swathed Queen Victoris take pride of plače, white letters and surmounted by the its colonnade and balconies.

immediately ab ve the Prince's Prince's feathers which will be Wisely, the decorators had refrained portrait flanked by portraits of King illuminated at night, the decoration from overdressing the Pavilion. Save George and Queen-Mary in the top stands out in bold relief from the dark for its effective bordering of lanterns car ers. In the bottom corners are prints of the Taj Mahal, Agra, «nd Viewed from the harbour or town it monotony of the walls here and there the Great Gate of Secundra.

lits chuste lines is a very striking piste of work.

Jeft The stage is in typical Chinese Queen's Road has been well looked unembellished. It looked a noble setting. bang with rich ecleared cloth after, especially in the bank district pile and one meet to be the scene of hangings. Above the stage is a buge Here there is a profuse display of to-day's Listoric function. Back of it bee with spread wings the harbinger flags and lanterns. The International the Hongkong Club was hung about, of good luck. The dress circle is not Bank Building seems one red mass, st every available point it seemed, in use and is covered in with painted while further on comes Victoris Build with lanterns and the tall buildings matting.

The whole of the auditorium is ing almost unrecognizable beneath its that smiled down upon the square coat of greenary and dags. One passes from the Western side too, had decked brightly lighted with electricity, the on to the Hongkong and Shanghai themselves fittingly to greet the bulbs being covered with soft silk shades of red and blue. Immediately Bank with its coloured electric lights, Prince its pillars wreathed in bunting of the

above the Prince's table is a large bronize chandelier with prettily national colours, its flags and, over- looking Statue Square its big electric

arranged bulbs. sign representing the horg Bag. So by the red-outlined City Hall to the Indian arch which is described else where

Naturally a centre of attraction is the corner formed by the junction of Pedder Street, Chater and Dee Treux Roads. Here stands theñae building of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co. The pills have been covered with blue and white bunting, the house colours the effect being heightezed be lavish use of the house flag and the Red Ensign. From the tower to the roof are long strings of fag. Just opposite the Post Office stands

Pot plants put the finishing touch to the well canceled and splendidly carried out decoration scheme.

The strings of evergreens hung with lanterns, which liked up the pillars were at effective feature which harmonised finely with the contribu tion to the scheme which had been made by old mother Nature. Her handiwork, the green grass and the The material for erecting the arch Bowers and most of all the soft pink and booths was especially imported bloom of the trees, made a charming from Canton for the occasion, and it setting for the other parts of the cost $3,200 to put up the structures beeno lv. charming picture that had artificially evolved.

THE CHINESE ARCH.

A MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE.

Fascinating · in its" oriental

INDIAN ARCHWAY.

ORIENTAL COLOCE

Vey Oriental in design and colour the Indian and Parsee arch in

Q Lee's Road Four substantia! resplendent in its beating wrestbed picturesoneness and rich colouring.

tx pillars, gaily painted, erandahs and flags. Facing over the with gold and red figuring prominent barbour is a big crown flanked by the ly in the scheme of decoration, is they a gold dome 32 feet high from letter G. R. The decoration of Chinese arch erected outside the rnamental base 28 feet above the the Hongkong Hotel has been entrance of the passare leading to the radway. Grouped about the dome carried

in out electric fight of Taiping Theatre in Des Faux Road are four elephants, each ten feet high. various colours. The effect should be West, the venue of the Chinese4ainst the dall gold of the general arresting at night. Alexandrs Bad baquet in honour of HR.HI. the lour scheme are bright floral designs and strings of red lanterns. Electric Hongkong awoke to a chilly moID-

el ctric sign of the Prince's ing with occasional drizzling showers

inge has its dressing of flags sid also Prince of Wales,

Starding" 80 feet high, the archte outline the dome, the elephanta ths commer Des towers prou ly above the buildingsd the bold lettering on both a d'their trappings, the box pilars that seemed to promise anything but

feathers. From a genial wrather salute for the Royal

Your Road looks simply a red and in the vicinity. It is erected entirelyles of the arch"Welcome by the landing. Fitful liftings of clouds gave the Renown into port. The voyage] beflagged: avenae,. There is oot of bamboo and red painted matting: disa and Parsee community." At aome hope that the morning would from Singapore has been good but for building but bas contributed well to with highly coloured tower and right the arch with its dark yellow

brighten up later on but the prospect which met the watchers who began to gather around points of vantage along the waterfront towards half past #even was more often than nut one of damp dreariness, Not too damp though nor to dreary to dissipate the fervent loyalty with which a

street-filled pupalace waited to wel

come its Prince.

The morning's papers had hinted

The Renown anchored for three quarters of an hour outside Lyeman owing to the fog. Then the Darban wert ahead for a hundred yards and showing her rear searchlight guided

was encountered yesterday. „

THE WATERFRONT'S WELCOME

the Prince.

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THE LANDING.

SCENES AT BLAKE PIER.

the general scheme.

Egure designs of typical Chinese-

ic Queen's Bundings and Prince's art

relief The front of painting streaks of bright gold, Brildings are in themselves the arch

is covered with it and grotesque elephants illuminated quite a feature. Decoration on both hangings bearing historics! Chinese by the red lanterns and electric bulbs, of them bas proceeded along the figures and, other decorations, while presenta a dazzling spectacle. Built at same lines. The verandahs have inside, on either of the entrance of Messrs. Poboomall & Co., is coat the suggestion of Mr. T. A. Mahtani, Following the example of the been transformed by the use of proper to the page are two huge

$5,000. naval vessels, the rest of the ships in coloured bacting. The spaces between dammy pillars which at first sight pert had dressed ship and from the verandah pillars are hung with have the appearance of being carved their mastheads strings of bunters. On the east side of Prince's wood. Closer inspection shows that Building facing on Statne Square, is they are knitted entirely of bamboo ing

Buttered * welcome to a coloated electric sign depicting the shavings and covered with gold leaf. that the Renown" might be late

Motor boats, gailyPersion flag-s lion holding a sword. This is a fine and expensive art known owing to the prevailing fogs so that

beagged, scuttled about the

with a rising sun as background only to the Chinese of all öriental races. people were prepared to expect a

barbour and Lot the least efective

It was not until about 9 am. that Special attention bas little delay.

be-n which has never before been seen in Long before eight

note in the waterfront welcome to

to paid

the adornment o'clock, the hour at which the Royal His Royal Highness

of Hunghong. On the inside of the two the broming of guns, the echoes T the

Chater Road. Flacking it co both "walls" thet arch are bung announced that Hongkong's holiday reverberating through the bills, cruiser was due to enter the harbour;.

of * dragon bost

sides are white pillars connected by magnificent set pieces made of paper, had actually begun. By this time the men-of-war bad their bulwarks apearance

manned by Oarsman from the lined with navy men ready to cheer Victoria Recreation Club. Wearing strings of grenery from which are representing Chinese stages on which bocies of nsval men and soldiers the Sailor Prince as he passed them bathing costumes, and stroked by them rise the red glowing masses of scenes from some famous Chinese positions in lining the streets.

suspended coloured lights. Above are paper dolls portraying principal were moving to take up their allotted indefatigable Secretary Witchell, they

the month of which hangs a four-tier- above is a huge dragon's head from Blake Pier, the verandahs of

on hie war á moment or two before

of

By

eight o'clock, as though it had made paddled about in the cheerless drizzi lanterns and the Bttering flags. It theatrical plays. On the ceiling 9.30 a.m. there was a huge crowd at]

en

arrived.

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FIREWORK DISPLAY.

FOMINA

a fzal effort to break through the for nearly two hours, sticking itiner notil it loses itself in the is a wonderful scene on which the ere lowering banks of cloud, the

cheerfully and working hard to keep mastifcence of Statue Square. gleaned forth. But it was all to themselves warm until the "Renowa”

chandelier, composed of 200 delicate adjoining buildings being packed,

Blake Pier itself was picturesque. purposee "Renown" was not in

The buildings fronting on the Pravaly shaded electric bulbs. have not been overlooked by any On the two outside walls" of the There was the glint of medals and aight you and no ons seemed to know just when the might be expected to

On both King's Building and tower are hung long tableta and the gold of the Consular miforms SZILVA.

that in which the Telegraph Companies scrolls bearing messages of welcome gleaming amid the dark foliage.

At the head of the pier was a huge Still the crowds waited and watched,

sre housed greenery has been tasteful in large characters of gold. The roof abernately pouring into the misty į The Roval erniser had hardly is combined with benting and lanterns of the arch is pagods shaped with white ensign, while red, white and serem which bid Lyamoan from their reashed her buoy whez staccate de- Butterfield's bas nar a lot of attention transparent dragons made of knitted blue streamers were strong scross the

like the attle of a paid to it. Running vertically down tamboo shavings at the four visw, and then looking anxionaly to tonations, sas what the naval men were doing. machine gun, showed

th wall are streamers of white and norners. The outlines of the roof are The sailors were still standing to firework display arranged by the blue, the red being supplied by lan-picked out with namerons colour that was a hopeful sign because the members of the Japanese community terna Amidst a profusion of flags ed electric bulb while from the Wavy must know. Then suddenly, had begun. High ep in the air from the Prince's crest is displayed, the caves hang delicate Chinese lanterns just at twenty minutes past nine by above three light moored out in house flag also being prominent. The made of silk, also electrically the Kowloos station clock, the white front of Murray Pier were ensign Buttered up to the yard arm light puffs of on the top of Signal Hill. A moment dispersed

that the

sbot

smoke. which into all sorts of

On either side of the arch are long booths etretching along the whole front of the low godowns, lit by electricity and decorated with Chinere

structure.

-It was at about 9.30 that the guard of hancur swang along to the lively music of the band of H M 8. 'Hawkins." It comprised Royal Marines and neval ratings representa tive of E. M. ships in harbour. Lt. Dandas, H. M. 8. "Hawking" was in charge. From then on the crowd Brew larger and larger. A shower of rain fell, seemingly with a promise of more to follow. Ten o'clock the

et pieces and flowering planta. official hour of landing came and

Opposite the arch on the other side passed. By then it had

main feature of the decoration of the iluminated. neighbouring V.R.C.. Luilding is the illuminated flag. The Naval Yard or two afterwards the first gun wonderful things. First all the inter-wall is outlined with lanterns, and over of the Royal Salute boomed out cational flags came zaili gown the maingate is erected an illuminated from the Hawkins." It was the and then there were "welcome" and ancho. The officers' mess at the foot opening chord of the thunderous yellow dragons, chrysanthemums. of Garden Road locks bright with its orchestration of welcome taken up variegated globes, smoke splashes by the whole of the warstips in the and all sorts of marvellous pyrotechnic prouse display of flage.

pleas harbour, with a battery of the Hong combinations. It kong Singapore R.G.A. chiming in ing touch which will serve to give the

welcome awaiting him in Japan.

from Kowloon as well

The guns were still booming when a slim grey shape pasked its way through the fog and came swiftly down the harbour. It was the new light cruiser "Durban "which went! down to Singapore to bring the "Renown" to Hongkong. Her charge was not far behind.

Was

â

Prince a foretaste o

the warm

CITY EN FETE.

THE DAY DECORATIONS.

At

become

of the road is a band stand, flanked known that all arrangements had been Taikon Dorkyard;

which on either side by booths stretching set back by an hour and twenty proves the Prince's first glimpse of from the China Provident, Loan and minutes. Shortly after this hour i Hapkow, are two huge frames Mortgage Co's godown to the Wing E. the Governor, in fall uniform with bearing berd - Welcome," while On Co's godown, similarly decorated. his A. D. C. Captain Neville arrived ou the China Sugar Refisy, in letters The Red Ensign and the Chinese and then left for the "Renown" on the 10 feet high is the legend "Our Prince". 5-barred flag are flown at the ends launch “Victoria." A little time The Tramway Company has its sign of the booths. Lanterns also hang elapsed before His Excellency retained. of Welcome to our Prince" raised for the eaves of the roofs of the The air of expectancy became greater. some 130 feet from the grounds. Messrs booths,

Cinematograph operators Ruttunjee and Son strike a somewhat In the middle of the passage lead-amateur photographers were giving orgical note with the sign "Tell fathering to the theatre hangs another isat look over their instruments. we are all happy."

chandelier bearing 100 electric bulbs. Suddenly the noise of guns broke out The walls cn either side are also again and forging through the rather decorated with set pieces.

IN STATUE SQUARE.

A thousand flags flaunting their The heavens were still drowning, colours in the breeze, thousands of thick mists still trailing across the paper lanterns, swinging gaily to each Peak and a cold drizzle had begun puff as if desirous of calling attention to fall when the Royal cruiser, to their presence, was the city's gala showing a dull grey beneath the dress doused in honour of her Royal LANTZEN", LANTERNS, EVERYWRERE" lowering clouds, crept across Kow-visitor. The buildings which ortizari- loon Bay and moved gracefully sadly are teeming with men bent on basi- majestically to her anchorage out nese affairs to-day are closed, or flied "in midstream.

Those who have spoken alightingiy with eager spectators whose only care of the temporary beauties adorning

to.. the

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THE TAI PING THEATRE.

LAVISH DECORATIONS.

and

choppy ses came three naval barges. The second of the string was flying the Royal Standard. Up to this time the crowd had remained quiet bat now a cheer broke out. It died away as His Royal Highness landed at 11.20 and met the assemblage on the pier. Loride the theatre which has been Wearing the white uniform of a Naval As the great ship with her band and desire is to show by the warmth Statue Square most surely have playing a lively march GA the and affection of their welcome wished their words nasaid when the freshly whitewashed and painted, and Captain he had a smile and a hearty after deck, passed the four to His Royal Highness their loyalty fall glory of the Suished product the floors covered with matting, are handcsap for each. Then he stepped Japanese cruisere, their crews sent and respect

Throne. bazat upon them this morning, arranged tables with red silk hanging out into the light. Simultaneously up a cheer which was taken up even Today and to-morrow will be Statue Square was really the heart of and seating accommodation for 2,000, the cheering broke out, to be hushed more vociferously as the Renown" bistoric in the annals of Hongkong the whole dec rative scheme and, like On a slightly rained dais at the back again as the National Anthem was swung along past the waiting lines of Her citizens have seen to it that the red corpuscles bobbing about in the of the auditorium, is a long table for played. The Guard of Honour was British warships.

city's beauty is worthy of the oc arteria that radiated from it, were the Prince and his party, while then inspected, the crowd cheering It was not at all the sort of day that casion and shall also remain historic lanterns, thousands and thousands immediately behind the table is a well again and again; the Royal visitor Hongkong would have chosen to The work of decorating has been of them.

appointed lounge with blackwood acknowledging by saluting

(Continued on Page B.) welcome so illustrious a guest. That long in hand. Its growth to com Red lanterns were everywhere. settees and toilet tables for the use of

bordered the cornices the Prince. The pillam am- all en His Royal Highness might have seen pletion has been watched with They

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the pillars and Storekeepers. spoil our day, we still have the night attention and it is claimed by new died looked very unlike a staid hall decorations.

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