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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1936.

Of

Gorgeous Pageantry

Coronation Next May

RITUAL THAT

HAS SURVIVED

DEMOCRACY

London, July 12.

King Edward will be crowned England 38th monarch a year hence with some of the most gor- geous pageantry surviving in Europe to-day.

Peers and petresses, hereditary noblemen whose claim to Take part in the proceedings on May 12, 1937 has been recognised by the Court of Clains and other distinguished guests, will semble in full robes and regalla in Westminster Abbery lo await the arrival of the King and the royal procession. The Primate. archbishops, bishops and the Dean and prebendaries of West- minster if their state pubes, prinres and princesses of the blood royal i and the royal guests and their suites await outside.

of

To the strains of an anthem phend a cap of crimson velvet, trimmed the King, wearing the glorious with ermbe, while a short and suit.

Then comes the administering coronation robes with their gokilable sersion is given. images before and behind, passes, the coronation onth. The Archbishop up the body of the eburch. In goes over to the King and asks, "Sir, mediately preceding him walk your Majesty willing to take the

onth 7 chusen the

lords, bishops!

the and dignitaries bearing royal regalia, the standards of the realm paten, the chalice and the Bible.

Passing the throne, the King walks to the falistool before the Chair of State, on the south side of the altar, and kneels in private prayer before taking his seat.

by

Canterbury, The Archbishop of followed by the Lord Chanceller, Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord High Con- Stable and Eari Marshal, præced Garter King of Arms, is in arms to the four sides of the Theatre. For tines, once from eachraife, he declares in a loud voler: "Sirs, 1 here present

unto you King Edward, the unabled King of this Realm: Wherefore all you who are vone this day to do your homage and service, Are you willing to do the same

GOD

SAVE THE KING,

times the Four

Frent audiene» shouts "God save Ring Edward!".

A fanfare of trumpets heralds the procession of bishops who place the

und

The King replies, "I am willing". "Will you solemnly promise wear to govern the people of thes United Kingdom of firent Britain na Northern Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according in the

Rreed

on. Statutes in Parliament. and the respective Law and Pasteuns? of the same?".

Again the King replies, "1 soleum-

y promise su tu do“.

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ROAR

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Britain Is "Home" To Him

MAN WHO

WON

ITALY'S WAR

NE of the world's greatest experts on tropical diseases,

Further promises regarding ONE

justice and mercy, the preservation of "the man who won the war for Italy," is returning

the rights of the Church, and mainten

ance of the laws of God are requested home-to Britain. Land given.

of his

VITAMINS MAY CURE PROBLEMS

OF SIGHT

Vienna, July 15. Sight trouble may be cured by feeding vitamines to the patients

He is Sir Aldo Castellani, the Italian-born Harley-street in a near future.

Then the King rises ou chair, and assisted by the ford Greas Specialist. Chamberlain, with the sword of state?

That the problem of sight is the with connected closely vitamine contents of the retina was discovered by years-long In his health report issued from, treatment was speedily devised to research work in Vienna's First

As Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Medical Corps, Sir carried before him, walks to the altar, Aldo has been largely responsible for the good health of the His hand is now uncovered, and he Ballan troops. makes his solemn oath in the sight of

Scourges

the people his right hand on the Holy Gospel in the great bjeto | Addis Ababa he reveals that there check causes in their early stages, Chemical Institute under the were no deaths from the tropical In order to deal with sunstroke direction of Professor Hermann culeserve his promises,

of dysentery, typhoid, cases six air conditioned hospital Mark

on ships were sent out to Eritrea and typhus, or relapsing fever

Italian Somaliland. either of the two fronts.

Cholera and plaque were Cholera and typhoid were check

DISROBING THE KING

Next comes the anointing.

The

to him

As far back as in 1876, the German oculist Bolf in studying the eyes of Hile, paten and chalice on the altar. King is disrobed of his crimson rube

which reddish

gradually The lords who carry the regalin draw

matter near, and with the exception of the by the Lord Great Chamberlain. His known. Sunstroke proved to bed by the use of vaccines which animals which had been kept in the

by the sterilisation of wil drinking faded out in the light. swords, hand to the Archbishop what pof state is removed, and he walks the chief cause of mortality, but Sir Aldo himself discovered, and discovered in their retina a

to the altar again.

Boil concluded from the changing water. they carry, to place on the alter

There, awaiting him, is the great

Italy had 20,000 hospital beds character of this matter, which, for

ho colour,

termed "vision chair of Edward the Confessor, with a

Below is the his (Continued From Previous Cabonn)

appeared

with golden in Abyssinia, but, according to Sirts faldstool before It. torie Coronation Stone.

with the process of seeing. Four Knights of the Carter hold eagle and a small vial of stone or Aldo, vaccination, inoculation, and trimson," that it must be connecti The chemical nature of the vision over the King a rich pail of cloth ofgles in her hand. These she gave to camp hygiene were so successful Beeket with the assurance that all

remained, however, of Westminster

with it that hospital orderlies, having crimson"

nothing to do, were released for recret for a number of decades in spite gold. The Dean

juf much research work, devoted to its takes from the altar the ampula in kings, who were

The-Archbishop -anoints the King! rond-making and other tasks. the shape of a golden eagle and, from should be happy. a spoon. pours holy oil through thei

the Sir Aldo is expected home-next-study--- three times on the head, on eagle's mouth.

breast, and on the palins of both month. hands. After his blessing, the King rises and its again in King Etwarda!

The two golden spurs the septre with the

cross, signifying kingly power and justice; the sceptre with the dove, signifying equity and mercy; The arl, St. Edward's Staff, St. Ed. ward's Crown, are handed over.

The four swords only remain. The snort-of-state, word of meres, and the pointed swords of temporal and spiritual justice.

anointed

1: is said that Thomas & Docket was praying in banishment in church in Lyuns, France, when the Virgin his (Continued at Post of Next Calum chuir. The Knights of the Garter

THOUSANDS KNEEL, Thousands kneel while the service proceeds. The King places

Children

un

give back the pall to Chamberlain.

The Lord WE KEEP

Again the King rises and is robed

by the Dean of Westminster in the MALTA-

relobium santonis, a long white sur

plice resembling the ancient dress of the bishops, made of white cumbric

ineed at the neck.

cloth of gold, the supertunien. is

AND KEEP

and the dietetic value of nerd over him, and he is girdled with IT SAFE

buttermilk

dedor

eid buttermilk.

powder form

ANESTLE'S PRODUCT

During recent years favourable" clinical results have been obtained in the employment of butter-milk.

'Confined formerly to the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery. and such disorders, the use of buttermilk is now frequently prescribed for infants and as a supplementary food for breast fed babies of delicate digestion.

Eledon is constant in composition and degree of acidity, and may therefore be used with confidence in all cases where. buttermilk is indicated especially if required in regular quantities.

Eledon

acid · butter-milk in powder form

the same material,

The golden spars are brought from

the altar, and the Lord Great Chum-

erinin kneels down to

King's heels with them.

touch the

SWORD OF STATE

The sword of state in hamled to the Lord Chamberlain, who places! it in the traverse in St. Edward's Chapel, giving in exchange another in a scabbard of purple velvet.

This is delivered to the Archbishop who after laying it on the altar and saying a prayer, girds the King with il, exhorting him to defend widows and orphans, restore the things that are gone to decay, stop the growth of iniquity, and punish and reform what is amiss.

Going to the altar, the King unglrds the sword, and offers it in its scabbard afterwards returning to his chair.

Q

UESTION-TIME

spot

light was turned in Parliament recently on three persistent rumours. 1.--Britain could not hold Malla

in time of war.

Sir Samuel Hoare (First Lord of the Admiralty):

"I am glad of the opportunity to contradict such reports.

IL

During the work way, physicians, examining soldiers in their ability to du patrol-service during the night, found out that night-blindne 10 is due nyotyplosis which

Wh crimson" shortage of invariably by a lack of vitamine in the patient.

This was the first inlication that vision might be connected with the'f presence of vitamines in the eye.

Carufal Investigations, carried out by Dr. Otte Brunner Together with E. Barroni and W. Kleinat in Vienna's First Chomsien Institute, as Bruner inted out in a recent lecture, geveals

that the coloured matter of the vision

crimson" consists of vitamines or of substances, closely corrected with vitamines.

The so-called "Beta-Carotin" was found, belo

belonging to the category of which fire trans- "pro-vitamines formed by the body into vitamines. "Beta-Carotin

Connected with Vitamine A

in

into

Dr. Brunner and his collaboraters further found a yellow colouring matter "Plavin" which they believe to "The Admiralty have no inter-be identical with Vitamine B, and two tion of abandoning Malta as the further colouring substances "Lumi

Navig and "lumichrom" principal Baval base in the Medi- terranean and the headquarters of which Vitamine B is decomposed the Mediterranean Fleet.

[umfer the influence of light.

They also discovered traces of the "I would never say I was fully antisfied with any defence position, anti-scorbut Vitamine C which does That I would state categorically that not seem to the connected directly The peer who first received the we will certainly take every practical with the absorbtion of light by the. and then offers the price of it-one means of making its defences necure eye, but which has an important hundred shillings-and having thus redeemed it receives it again from the Dean of Westminster. He draws it from its seabird and for the rest of the ceremony carries it naked before the King.

Next is the investing with the armit and royal robe and the delivery of the Forb, which is afterwards returned to

the Dean to be laid on the altar.

against any possible attack. 12-Cairo negotiations for

(2 new

were

bearing upon the metabolism.

Because of the infinitesimal quanti Anglo-Egyptian treaty have bean tica of coloured matter, contained in

the researches brought to a standstill by Britain's the retina. milltary demands.

extremely difficult, for instance, not Said Mr. Eden:

less than 3,800 bovine eyes had to be There is not a word of truth in analyzed to produce 2.7 milligrams of chrystalized "Lumidayin. United "I do not think it is in the public Press. interest that such a suggestion should be made."

it.

3. Recent visits of von Ribbentrop. THE QUEEN MARY

Fritter's

roving Ambassador, to London and Beljast are not with-

out political significance. Sir

THE CREAT MOMENT The great moment of the actual coronation is near. The ring, symboli of kingly dignity, is placed on tho King's finger. The glove is put on, and the Archbishop delivers the tary for Air, was questioned, in par

between von sceptre with the cross into the King's ticular, right hand. The other soeptre given into his left.

Philip Sassoon, Under-Secre-

on meeting

Is Ribbentrop and Air Marshal Sir Ed- ward Ellington, Chief of Staff of the Finally the Archbishop, standing Air Force, last month. before the altar, takes the crown and Why had these meetings been per- prays while the Icing bowe his head. Imitted 7

The King returns to King Edward's choir, the Archbishop and the other Bishops come from the altar, and the crown is revorently placed on the King's head.

KILLS A WHALE

20

70FT MONSTER HIT On Board The Queen Mary,

At Sea, July 12. The liner Queen Mary killed a No question of permission, Sir whale this morning. Philip replied. After all, the con- We were ploughing along at ple were fellow guests in a private knots when a huge black carcase, hause.

fully 70ft, in length, suddenly bobbed Dissatisfied M.P.s called on Mr. up out of the water right in the

course of the ship. Immediately the silence of the Ab-Ballwin.

2060 heavily. "I A few seconds later the bows of boy is broken. The vast assembly The Premier shouts at the top of their voices, "Godjshould like to say here, that I cannot the Queen Mary struck the whale. save the King!". Peers and Kinks of understand, the objections that have There was no tremor, in the liner, A fountain of blood shot upwards and Arms

put on their coronels, the been raised.

"In my own view,, in the present the ship's creamy wake was turned to trumpets blare forth and the great

considerable distance. guns at the Tower of London boom to state of Europe, social and friendly crimson for a

boen aro Beveral other. whales have [the world that Edward in King, in- meetings between wholly beneficial:"

sighted. deodUnited Press.

such mon

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