Extract from the Hong Kong Weekly Press
of
3. 5. 1929.
PRINCE HENRY IN HONG KONG.
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ROYAL WEATHER AND A ROYAI. WELCOME.
BUSY ROUND OF FORMAL AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS.
By a strange chance the arrival in Hong Kong on April 25 of H.R. H. the Duke of Gloucester coincided with two events of very great interest throughout the British Empire. Thursday happened to be the birthday of the Duke's sister, H.R.H. Princess Mary, and also an anniversary which is very solemnly observed throughout Australasia-Anzac Day. The heavy grey and black clouds hovering over Hong Kong early in the morning had passed away by the time the great P. & O. liner Morea entered harbour at ten o'clock, and sunshine and blue skies greeted the Duke of Gloucester as he landed at Queen's Pier an hour later. THE PRINCE STEPS ASHORE.
SCENE ON QUEEN'S PIER.
The officia! landing of Prince Henry was timed for 11 a.m. but an hour earlier crowds were lining the streets and balconies giving on to Statue Square, and the Star Ferry Wharf was thick with specta
tors, some of whom had even climbed to the roof.
Queen's Pier was decorated with flags, palms, and &
red carpet which was upon the steps. On the pier were gathered members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the Consular Body, representatives of the Churches and of His Majesty's
Services.
Drawn up in front of the pier was the Guard of Honour provided by the Somerset Light Infantry. under command of Capt. Strachey. The H.K. Volunteer Defence Force were in Connaught Road between Queen's Pier and the Star Ferry Wharf under commander of Major R. A. Wolfe Murray and alongside them were some fifty members of the British Legion led by Mr. J. W. James and members of the Ex-
Active Service Men's Association |
under Mr. T. T. Laurensen,
His Excellency the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.), accom- panied by members of his staff, went out on the launch Britannia to the Morea, which was anchored in mid-harbour, to greet His Royal Highness, returning at 10.50 to
Queen's Pier.
The approach of the launch Lila carrying the Prince with his staff was heralded by the playing of the National Anthem from the quarter deck of H.M.S. Suffolk, and as flis Royal Highness stepped out of the launch to be greeted by H.E. the Governor a Royal salute was fired by the same warship and given by the Guard of Honour.
Having shaken hands with His Excellency, the Royal Visitor was then presented to the following gentlemen who formed the recep- tion party on the Pier-Vice- Admiral A. K. Waistell, C.-in-C., China Station, Major-General J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., the Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G.), the Attorney-General (the Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C., C.B.E.), the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs (the Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North), the Colonial Treasurer (the Hon. Mr. McI. Messer, O.B.E.), the Director of Public Works (the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E.), the Harbour | Master (Commander G. F. Hole, R.N.), the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services (the Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington), the Acting C.S.P. (the Hon. Mr. T. H. King), the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., the Hon. Sir Shou Son Chow, the Hon.
Mr. B. D. F. Beith, the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, the Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E.. Mr. D. W. Tratman, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., the Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, the Right Rev. the Bishop of Victoria (Bishop C. C. Duppuy), his Lordship Bishop Valtorta, Pay- Captain Ayre, R.N., C.B.E., His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Honour the Puisne Judge (Mr. Henry Gollan, K.C.. C.M.G.), His Justice J. R. Wood), Flag Lieut. D. P. Evans, R.N., Flag Captain J. Wolfe-Murray. D.S.O., R.N., Major C. B. Mullins, R.M., Surg. Comdr. H. R. Briggs, R.N., Pay.- Comdr. C. S. Johnson, R.N., D.S.O., Comdr. G. G. Muirhead Gould, R.N., D.S.C., Comdr. H. G. D. Acland, R.N., D.S.O., Engineer Captain T. E. Aitkenhead, R.N., Captain the Hon. W. S. Leveson S. Arbuthnot, D.S.O., Captain E. Gower, R.N., D.S.O., Captain G. G. Robinson, R.N., V.C.. O.B.E., Captain J. D. Campbell, R.N., M.V.O., O.B.E., Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele Perkins, O.B.E., Commander A. B. Lockhart, R.N., D.S.C., Captain A. Maitland Dou gal, R.N., Commodore R. A. S. Hill, R.N., and his A.D.C., Pay. Lt.-Comdr. D. N. Passmore, Engi- neer Commander F. H. Hall, R.N., | Surgeon Captain W. W. Keir, R.N., | C.M.O., C.M.G., M.B., Ch.B., Lt.- Commander D. N. Bridge. R.N., Engineer Captain W. H. Michell, R.N., Colonel J. McD. Haskard, C.M.G., D.S.O., Lt. Col. T. A. F. Robinson, Colonel R. B. Skinner, O.B.E., Col. T. E. Fielding, D.S.O., M.B., Colone! F. S. Exham, D.S.O., Colonel R. A. B. Young, O.B.E., Major F. R. Roche-Kelly, Lt. Col. C. II. Little, D.S.O., Lt. Col. J. L. Comyn, C.M.G., D.S.O., Lt. Col. H. B. Vernon, M.C. (A.D.C. to Lieut.-Genera: Cameron), Colonel Christian, Major Hanna, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Mr. Li Yau Tsuen, C.B.E., Mr. Ho Kom Tong, O.B.E., Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, J.P., Mr.
T. N. Chau, J.P., Mr. Fung Ping Shan, J.P.. Messrs. Kwok Siu Lau, Tang Chi Ngong, Mok Kon Sang, Yu Fung Sun, O.B.E., Li Yik Mui, M. K. Lo, Ho Sing Chau, Chan Tin Son, Wong Kam Fuk, Tong Yat Chuen, Lo Cheung Shiu, Wong Iu Tung, To Sz Tsun, Li Po Kwai.
The Duke of Gloucester then in- spected the Guard of Honour, the National Anthem being played by the band of the Somerset Light Infantry, as he stepped off the Pier, and entered a motor-car for
his drive round the streets.
same
The Royal Visitor is a slender young man with a small moustache, and the which distinguishes all the Royal charming manner Princes. He was wearing on this occasion a white uniform with the blue ribbon of the Garter.
A GLIMPSE OF VICTORIA.
WEST POINT EN FETE.
Prince and his party round the The short drive taken by the city, between the official landing and his reception in the City Hall, was by way of Connaught Road and the party turned up Hill Road and the Praya to West Point. There
Hall. so via Queen's Road to the City
The whole route was decorated
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with flags both British and Chinese, and numbers of people watched from the pavements and balconies overlooking the road. At the junc- tion of Hill Road and Queen's Road West where the big Chinese Restaurants are situated huge triumphal arch which over- topped the buildings. It stretched right across the road in three arches and was built up in three tiers, the second showing one of those scenes of the Chinese Heavens which are often seen on ceremonial occasions in the Chinese quarter. The whole arch was made of coloured and pic- tured matting and was decorated with a message of welcome in large letters, flowers and flags. Two smaller arches had been erected in Queen's Road West, and several more of these miniature temples were hung overhead from one side of the street to the other.
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