1937-05-14 — Page 7

CORONATION IN 1911

What Happened In Hong Kong

With the celebrations in connec- tion with the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth" in progress it will be of interest to recall the local celebrations on the occasion of the Coronation of the late King George V and Queen Mary on June 22, 1011

The following is taken from the "Daily Press" of June. 13 of that year:-

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THE STREET

VENDOR

Hard Boiled Eggs

To Ice Cream!

When the rull story of the Ceronation in Hong Kong is writ ten someone ought to write an epic on the art of the street vendor

who sold food to the multitude which thronged the streets to see the Chinese Procession.

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I doubt if anywhere in the world' the poorer classes are so artistical- ly catered-for! No matter how poor the hungry folk may be, they will be able to buy food served with dainty charm unequalled through- out the world.

The street vendor lays cut his dainty tit-bits with the view of catching the eye and tempting the appetite of the passer-by.

In a clean tin dish you will see peeled hard-boiled eggs floating in a sort of clear yellow soup in which also are noodles and bolled barley. Very good I am sure! Next to it. on a tray, you will find olives, and dark wrinkled plum's in clear juice and always a pretty china bowl and china spoon so that it can be consumed on the spot.

The only alteration necessary was the postponement of the grand Military Review at Happy Valley for eight hours owing to the con- dition of the ground after the heavy rain. The Coronation being essentially a religious ceremony, it follows that prominent among the features of yesteriny's celebration were the religious services in St. John's Cathedral, the Roman Catholic Cathedral, in the Jewish Synagogue, and in the meeting place of the members of the Parsee Community. Next the crowded public meeting in the City Hall which signided its endorsement of the telegram prepared by the

Then there are trays of some Coronation Celebrations Commit- thing that looks like akinned tee on behalf of the whole Com-water-chestnuts, each splked on a munity for transmission to their stick so that it can be eaten with- Majesties. E.E. the Governor, who

out being touched by Angers. presided, also read the telegram approved by the Executive and Legislative Councils as well as a telegram from the Parsee Com- munity. A Legal Address on be- half; of the Chinese Community was also read at the meeting.

Another tray will probably have fresh stewed plums.. Yet another will have the slices of oranges daintily laid out.

Many are the cakes displayed. Yellow saffron cakes look some- what alarming to the European eye. but Chinese children adore them. Then there are puffy white doughnut, dotted with caraway seeds. And something dark brown, that is sweet and succulent.

- ICE CREAM TOO

At all the schools in the Colony an Address prepared by H.E. the Governor was read and thereafter) the children were entertained at the various schools out of the Coronation Celebrations Fund subscribed by the community. Ice-cream vendors, too, know how to display, their goods, and have the smallest possible horns in which to pile the coloured ice, so small that a very small sum will buy two, and no-one need go with out.

Late in the afternoon.

came

the grand Military and Naval Review in Happy Valley, and at nightfall the Chinese

Fish Lantern Procession one of the most brillant affairs of the kind the Chinese themselves had ever wit- nessed started en route to the Public Gardens, where HE. the,

Governor held, on behalf of the King, the largest reception that has ever taken place "in the Co jony.

·CORONATION PARADE Owing to the unsettled state of the weather the Services review, which was fixed to take place at 8 a.m. yesterday was postpared until the piternoon. The post- ponedhent proved propitious, for the rain held off, and the parado was participated in and watched under pleasant weather conditions. "At four o'clock His Excellency, the arrived, and' a royal Governor salute was fired by the guns of two batteries, one stationed at the north, and one at the south end of the enclosure, s Excellency accompanied by Major General Anderson, Colonel St. John, Major Com- Tulloch, Captain Gretton, modore Eyers, Captain Taylor, and an Indian AD.C. then inspected the troops. An impressive drum head service followed. To the music of the K.O.Y.L.I. band the troops and the spectators Joluca In the hymn "O God, our help in ages past." Lessons were read and prayers offered by the naval and milltary chaplains, and the ser- 'ce closed with the singing of the first verse of the National Anthem

DECORATIONS

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESSURE

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FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937.

CANTON AND

AND MACAO SEND GREETINGS

Continued from Pare I)

MACAO GREETINGS Letters exchanged between His Excellency the Governor of Macao and His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government of Hong Kong, are as follows'—-

Palácio do Governo, Macau,

10 de Malo de 1937. Excelentissimo Senhor,

Tenho a honra de apresentar a V.Exu. o Sar. Dr. Carlos Sampaio, Chefe da Reparticao Central dos Servicos de Administracao Civil, e

Snr. 1 tenente Albano de Oll- velra, comandante da lancha can- boneira "Macau, Incumbidos pelo. Governor desta Colonia de o re- presentarem nas manifestacoes X prestadas por ocasião da coroacao de Sua Majestade Britanica.

Julgo, assim, melhor poder signi- ficar a V.Exa, os votos que esta Colonia, Alha da Nacao secular-"

mente aliada da Inglaterra, tam- bem faz pela longa saude de Bua Majestade e Rel-George VI e para

que durante o seu reinado bencaos de felicidade cubram, cada vez mais, a Nacao amiga,

Aproveito este ensejo para teste- munhar a V.Exa., pessoalmente, os

CHIEF JUSTICE GOING

protestos da minha grande sim- patla e alta consideracao.

De V.Exa.

Mto. Ato. Venor. Obgdo. (Sd.) A. TAMAGNINI DE S.

BARBOSA.

COLONY'S THANKS

Your Excellency.

I have the honour to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter of 10th May bearing, the kind con- gratulations of

the Colony of. Macao on the occasion of the Coronation of His Majesty King. George VI.

It was a great pleasure to me to receive a call from your Repre- sentatives, Snr. Dr. Carlos 8ampalo and Sar. 1" tenente Albano le Oliveira on 12th May, and on be- half of the people of Hong Kong I thank you for the courtesy of your felicitations. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's obedient ser- vant,

Officer Administering the Government.

(Sd N. L. SMITH. Hong Kong. May 13, 1937. His Excellency

Dr. A. T. de Sousa Barbosa,

Governor of Macau,

Macau.

REGISTRY WEDDING

TO SINGAPORE

The wedding took place between The Chief Justice. Bir Atholl Mr. Li Cheong Ming, bachelor, li- MacGregor, is leaving for Singapore spector Of Hong Kong Electric at the end of the month to preside Company, of No. 15. Jubilee Street, over a committee which will con- third floor, son of the late Mr. Lá sider civil service allowances in the Tat Chuen, and Miss Bit Wa Kwok, FMS. and Straits Bettlements. No. 7. Second Lane, Tai Hang, The committee has been ap-daughter of Mr. Sit Shut Tong, pointed on the instructions of the broker, at the Registry of Mar- Secretary of State for the Colonies, riages, Supreme Court, yesterday. Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore. Mem- Mr. John Whyatt, Deputy Regis bers include the Hon. Messrs. W. D. trar of Marriages, officiated at the Barron, H. W. Raper and Tay Llan- ceremony. The witnesses were tock, representing the Straits Set- Messrs. Ll Yin Kee and Sit Shul 'lements and Messrs. J. Dewar, G. Tong. E. Tesle, and E. D. Butler, repre- senting the Federated Malay

The committee will consider ways and means of restoring civil service temporary allowances which were reroved during the worse years of the depression.

It is a bit early for that quiver-states. Ing brown translucent jelly made of seaweed, but I am told by amahs of my acquaintance that this is "very cool. and good for the tummy." Which statement is prob- ably true so far as Chinese "tum- mles" are concerned.

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FUNERAL OF RAMON RICARDO SEQUEIRA

The funeral of the infant son, of Mr. A. D. Sequeira, of Messrs. Ramon Ricardo (aged 24 months)

Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., and Mrs. took place at the Roman Catholic Sequetra, who died on Wednesday,

Cemetery yesterday evening. The burial rites were conducted by the Rev. Father Maestrini.

The chief mourners

were the

father and brother, Manuel, while the deceased infant's, two sisters

Mersia, and Iris; Mr. G. Sequeira

(grandfather) and Mr. A. Baretto (uncle) were also present. Others at the graveside included MessrB, A.

Besides family wreaths, floral

Edo. Julio Ribeiro, Mrs. R. Y. Bar tributes were sent by Carmen and retto Ozorio, the 8.C.S. Steno Dept.. the S.C. Station, Statistical Dept.. and others.

The decorations were on a most. G. Remedios, L. A. da Costa, A. A. Ribeiro, C. Osmund, P. Xavier, L extensive scale. In the harbour Botelho, C. A. Barretto, F. A practically every vessel was be-Sequeira, N. U. Botelho, EA fagged from stem to stern and Figueiredo, J. H. Almeida, E. M. foreign merchantmen joined with Sequeira and J. J. Figueiredo. British in making a display of bunting. Ashore the principal de. cerations were on the waterfront, in Queen's Roud, and at the various barracks. The bulldings Incing the harbour were embellish- ed with national colours, Japanese lanterns, etc.. while practically overy office showed a flag. As of the most brilliant of its kind usual the Chinese made a brave ever seen in the Colony. It left display and the quaint arches Bowrington at eight o'clock last erected in various parts of the city night, and threaded its way were very striking Indeed.

through serrled crowds until it reached the Public Gardens. It The buildings on the waterfront. included, an excellent lantern group and in Queen's Road were covered of the Royal Family, after which with lanterns which showed up followed birds and fish of many very effectively. York Building varieties and colours. had a beautiful frontage of red lamps and the buildings along the praya had their illuminations which added to the general' effect. On the Kowloon side the illumin- ated arch was very conspicuous, but the most picturesque sight was presented by the warships which were outlined with lights...

Chinese fireworks were set off from the Parade ground, and in front of the Hong Kong Club and Japanese fireworks from the Pub- die Gardens,

ILLUMINATIONS

FISH LANTERN PROCESSION The fish lantern Procession or- ganised by the Chinese was one

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GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION

His Excellency: the Governor by command of His Majesty the King held a reception at Government House last night which was at- tended by an enormous number of residents. The guests passed from Government House into the Public Gardens, where admirable arrange- ments had been, made for their reception.

The Chairman of the Coronation Celebrations Committee was Bir Francis Piggott.

The Governor of Hong Kong in 1911 was Bir (now Lord) Frederick Lugard.

RED COATS AND REBELS

Perhaps the most Interesting thing about the soldier's scarlet uniform for dress occasions, which is now to be abandoned for blue. is the fact that it was first worn by a rebel army. Henry VIII's bodyguard was uniformed in red and yellow, but the real colour of the Tudors was white, and the 15,- C00 able-bodied men of the Lon- don trained bands on parade just cept the officers) in white even to 400 years ago were uniformed (ex-

their shoes, The New Model Par- lamentary army trained by Ship- pon and Fairfax was the first Bri- tish army to be clothed uniformly

in red coats. "Thus," says For- tescue, "the royal colours * we now call them were first seen at the head of rebel army," and the place where that rebel army was first trained was-of all places

Great Windsor

Park. "Every

day the scene grew brighter as corps after corps received its new clothing, for the whole, army for the first time in English history was clad in the familiar scarlet. Facings of the colonel's colours distinguished regiment from regl ment, and the senior corps of Foot, being the General's own, wore his facings of blue Red and blue were used for cavalry, too.

Eminent English Poet In Hong Kong

Capt. C. E. H. Jacobs, eminent English poet, arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday by the P. & O. Corfu

of Canada for Vancouver. and leaves to-day by the Empress

His two poems on Hong Kong "Hong Kong By Night" and "The Widow's Rock" Arst published in the Hong Kong Press are now very widely known and of great im- portance to tourist traffic in addi- on to their value as literature.

Most of his works are now pub- shed by the English Poetry Bo- dety, London, and are receiving very high praise from-the critics He is at present engaged in pro- ducing a book to express the spirit- of the English counties in verse, some twenty such poems being Eublished by the respective coun- ties societies. His best known poema include "Christ Led Oft, in Flanders," a poem which has achieved 'world-wide, fame.

The last issue of the Poetry fociety's Magazinė featured a fine long poem "In Old Manila" of which critics said that it was 3 great and highly accomplished work.

His present tour of the world is in search of material and it is .hoped that Hong Kong may obtain yet further notice in his poems..

The following is one of the many poems written by Capt. Jacobs:--

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PLAGUE IN MACAO

Wrung from the sllent lips of fear

The dreadful tidings came.. How distant Death had drawn him

near

And none but heard his name. Where brother by his brother

wrought

And child to mother trod Lay pestilential nothingness

With none to turn the sod The scorch of sorrow dried the

wells

Whence comes the healing tear And anguish from uncharted hells

Stood muite beside the bler. Ancestral' altars now unlit

Where never failed the light Told, all the bitter woe of it

To worlds beyond the night. The ancient Gods of China stood

Impotent in their clay And graven charm of word and

sewood

Proved yet more dear then they. Now feels my heart your cynic.

scorn

Death Of Mrs. Young

Mrs. Jean Kathleen Young, wife of. Mr. F. 'C. Young, of Shanghai, met her death under tragic cir- cumstances on Wednesday night, and, according to a police report, suicide is suspected

Mrs. Young formerly resided in Shanghai and returned to the Co- lony from the North about three days ago, whilst her husband came back from Home. leave on Wednes- day.

But it appears that Mr. and Mrs. Young were visiting a friend's flat, 4, Lyeemun Buildings, Mody Road, Kowloon, on Wednesday night and had been playing toah jongg, when Mra. Young went out on to the verandah with a cup of coffee.

A few minutes later she returned to the room and stated that she had taken corrosive poison. She collapsed, and passed away abortly afterwards.

The body was subsequently re- moved to the Publie Mortuary, where a post-mortem was conduct- ed yesterday.

was lysol poisoning believed to The police report adds that it

have been self administered:

The deceased was 27 years of age.

the Protestant Cemetery Chapel at A funeral service will be held in

5 pm. this afternoon followed by cremation at Bookunpoo.

FRENCH ADMIRAL

Vice-Admiral Le Bigot, the new Commander-in-Chief of the French Naval Forces in the Far East, la arriving to-day aboard the Aramis from Europe on his way to Shang- hai to take up his post as, succes-

or to Vice-Admiral J, P. Esteva.

INVENTOR OF THE AUTOGIRO

The Royal Aeronautical Society's gold medal has been awarded to Unford its chilly wraith,

the late Bthor 3 de la Clerva, Yet is this. true-upon the morn Inventor of the autogiro, who was

Went forth the Men of Faith, killed in a flying, accident And lol along each stricken street } Croydon last December..

They bore the Blair's Friend,, award was made for his work on And Death sought swift his dark the development of the autogiro,

retreat.

And sorrow found an end.

C. E. H. JACOBS. (All rights reserved).

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The

and, was received in his name

from the president of the society by Mr J Q. Weir, of the Clerva Autogiro Company, Limited.

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