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upon the honour he had received from the King in recognition of his long and valuable services to the Government and the community of Hongkong.
B.C. CATHEDRAL.
The Roman Catholic subjects of His Majesty the King and also the other Roman Catholic foreigners and clergy in this Colony were not behind the others in manifesting sympathy with the King in his illness: conformity with the wish of H.E. the Acting
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intercessional service held at the above Cathedral at; 10.30. Thursday morning. Among those present we noticed Senhor Conselheiro Romano, Consul General for Portugal and Consul for Brazil; Chevalier Z. Volpicelli, Consal General for Italy; Mr. A. P. Marty, Consul for Spain: Mr. Nicholas Post, Consul for Austria. Hungary; the Consul for Belgium; the Consul for Peru; Mr. Leiria, Vice-consul for Brazil; several British military officers; and the com- mander and officers of the Portuguese gunboat Zaire. The congregation was a fairly large one, including the boys from the S. Joseph's Lollege, the girls from the Italian Convent, and contingents from the Royal Navy, Royal Engineers, and the Royal Artillery. The service was purely a supp'icatory one, and was short and very impressive, the whole lasting for
It consisted of the only half an hour. Salutaris, sung by the choir, which was followed by the Litany of All Saints recited by the clergy, a short prayer for the sick and the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, the whole concluding by the choir singing the first verse of God Save th King." The Right Rev. Bishop, Piazzoli officiated, assisted by the Revs. P. de Maria, Spada and Angustin, and also all the French, Spanish and other Roman Catholic clergy in the Colony. A word of praise is due to the choir and the orchestra for their very capable rendering of the Gol Save O Salutaris, Tantum E go, and the King." Mr. O Baptista presided at the organ and Mr. Emil Danenberg was the
conductor.
PARSEE SERVICE.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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to bestow upon our illustrious Sovereign Thy choicest blessings to speedily restore him to prefect health, and endow him with many, years of happy life and a just and peaceful reign resplendent with glory.
4. We supplicate Thee, () Merciful Creator, to crown the fulness of his days with the fulnes of Ty divine blessings, grace and love, and receive our humble prayers. O Almighty God, that these and all Ty other gifts may be loug continued, and crow him with immortality in the life to come.
5 Listen, we pray! Thee, to this earnest in- vocation of Thy servants of the Zoroastrian faith in Hongkong, and grant us our wishes.
6. So we give The thanks for ever, and let
Amen. our cry vonis unto Thee,
FESTIVITIES IN CHINATOWN.
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Although the nou Chinese portion of the community in Hongkong abandoned all celẹ. brations on the 26th June. it was felt that it would be hard to deprive the Chinese holiday- makers of all the anticipated sights, and accord- of the side-shows' were all wed ingly many just the same as if there had been un postpone- ment of t e Coronation. Anyone walking or riding through Chinatown on Thursday night would have imagined that some notable event was actually being celebrated. The triumphal arches along Queen's Road and the other streets were gaily decorated and brilliantly illuminated with lanterns, while orderly though not anobtrusive crowds of Chinese thronged the ways or stopped before temporary booths of The shops, large and small, were freely lighted up with strings of paper-lanterns and lamps, and the eating
be doing a great houses appeared to
From the numbers in the streets trade.
evident that many visitors must
from the sight-seers, and it is fortunate that they were not entirely disappointed. They had at least plenty of music, of the Chinese variety and The great flower- plenty of illuminations. show building on the Praya opposite the
was perhaps the remarkable sight, and any European visitor who looked in on Thursday night was well rewarded by the spectacle, if he was stifled by the atmosphere produced by the joint action of the heat and the native mob, good tempered but pushing and decidedly trying to one at least of the senses. The display of flowers and plants. Gentlemen, To-day was the day of rejoicings was excellent and the guardian figures inter at the celebration of the coronation of our spersod among them gave the peculiar touch beloved Emperor Edward VII, but by the of the grotesque which is characteristic of
It was un mysterious will of the Creator this day has been Chinese gardening triumphs. changed into a day of sorrow and concern doubtedly cad, tool to see two small coolie boys universally caused by the sad news of the illness fast asleep on one of the shelves intended for of our beloved sovereign. We must all surren-flower-pots, but it served to remind the specta- der submissively to the Supreme will of the Almighty God, and we have all assembled here to pray to Him that our great Sovereign be soon restored to health. May the blessings of our illustrious prophet and guardian Zoroaster *descend upon our beloved King the earthly protector of our race, may his speedy restoration to the full vigour of health and happiness spread rejoicings into the hearts of his subjects' scattered over all parts of the globe. Under the benign aegis of the British saj our small community has attained the foremost rank especially amongst the races of India, and may the shadow of that glorious raj never grow less. The President then read in a most impressive manner an intercessionary prayer for the speedy recovery and restoration to health of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII The prayer was as follows:-
A large congregation of Parsees under the auspices of the Trustees of the l'arsee Charity Fund attended at their Club Howe in Elgin Street at 3 p m., on Thursday afternoon, where a special service called Jasan was held..
After the function was over,
The PRESIDENT (Mr. H. N. Mody) said
Blessed be the name of Holy Abara-Mazda. 1. Almighty Abura-Mazda, Holy, Heavenly Pure; give ear, we beseech Thee, to the prayers of Thy Mazdayacnian" servants, and satisfy us with Thy Mercy.
2. Vouchsafe to him, Merciful Creator, Thy love, and grant unto him, with Thy abundant grace, the spirit of heavenly piety, as also Thy spirit of wisdom for his guide and Thy arm for his strength, so that in his godliness, and in his unfeigned spirit of wisdom and strength, Just- ice, Truth, Fe:ce and Love may flourish. in his days to promote the well-being, solidarity and unification of his various subjects of all classes and creeds.-
3. We pray unto Thee, O Merciful Mazda,
tor that he was in Hongkong, if he needed any reminder. Altogether Chinatown on Thursday night was well worth seeing, and when the actual Coronation festivities occur sightseers might do worse than travel west of the Central Market if the Chinese decide to repeat the decorations and entertainments of Thursday,
THE MACAO BALL.
The following"express was issued by the British community of Macao through the Hon. Secretary. Mr. AG. M. Fletcher
The Bri ish Community of Macao regret to have to inform their guests for the Coronation Ball that following a telegram received by the British Vice-Consul from H.E. the Governor of Hongkong they are compelled to postpone indefinitely the ball to take place on the even- ing of the 26 h ins'an', owing to the illness of King Edward
The following is from the Shanghai Times of the 16th inst-Almost a continuous line of funerals passed through the heart of the town on Saturday morning from Hongkow on their way to the French Settlement. The writer counted twelve different corteges in a little over on hour passi g along the Saechuen and neighbouring roads. Other districts were also freely contributing to the melancholy list; and we should think the mortality amongst the poor unenlightened natives must be running well into three figures per diem.
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[June 30, 1902. HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on the 23 rd inst. in the Council Chamber. Present:-
H18 EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINIS- TERING THE GOVERNMENT, Major-General Sir W. GASCOIGNE, K.C.M.G. (Commanding the Troops).
Hon. F. H. MAY (Colonial Secretary). Hon. A. G. WISE (Acting Attorney-General). Hon. A M. THOMSON (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Commander R. M. RUMSEY, R.N. (Harbour Master).
Hon. W. CHATHAM (Director of Public Works).
Hon, F. J. BADELEY (Captain Superinten- dent of Police).
Hon. Dr. HO KAI. Hon. WEI A YUK. Hon. C. S. SHARP.
Hon. C. W. Dick ON. Hon. G. W. F. PLAYFAIR, Hon. R. SHEWAN.
Mr. R. F. JoHNSTON (Acting Clerk of Conncils).
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. G. W. F. Playfair and Mr. Robert Shewan were sworn in and took their seats as members, of the Council.
QUESTION ON THE MINUTES. The ACTING CLERK having read the minutes of last meeting,
Hon. R, SHEWAN said-Sir, With reference to the minutes which have just been read, I have to make a suggestion. I hope hon. members. present will not think me pre- sumptuous in so soon making any remark on the minutes, minutes of a meeting at which I was not present; but I should like to suggest that, when questions of hon, members are stated in fall in the minutes, the replies should also be state:i. It seems to me that if the questions themselves are of sufficient importance to be recorded in the minutes surely the replies to these questions must be of st.11 greater importance. As it is at present it seems
to me that the minute is valueless. I would
therefore propose that the replies to the ques tions put by hon. members should be printed in extenso the same as the questions themselves.
HIS EXCELLENCY-Your proposal is to have the replies printed in the minutes?
Hon. R. SHEWAN-1 refer specially to the Whitehead. When the questions are stated in questions put by Mr. Sharp on behalf of Mr. fall it is only proper that the replies should be given. It seems to me that if I wished to get the reply there would be no record of that reply if I could not find it in the minutes. If it is nec ssary I shall propose an amendment, but in the meantime I make the suggestion.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY—I would beg to remind the hon. gentleman that the record, if you want to look at it, is found in the Hansard. The minutes of the Council are a bare record of the proceedings If the hon.. member's suggestion is adopted, it might apply to the proposing and seconding of a motion in extenso which is never done in a minute such as this.
Hon. R. SHEWAN-That is open to two objections. In the first place these minutes are printed in the Government Gazette which is circulated publicly in the Colony, and it is there that most people go for the informa tion-not to the Hansard. If it is not necessary to put the replies in the minutes, I do not is necessary to put the questions in. I think leave it to hon. members to say whether it is of any value to put in one and not the other.
The HARBOUR MASTER-The thing appears the questions and in the public prints; answers are all given
Hon. Mr. SHEWAN-They are not official,- The matter then dropped.
FINANCIAL.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY submitted the Financial Minutes (Nos. 23, 24, 25 and 26) ́and moved that they be remitted to the Finance Committee.
The COLONIAL TREASUREE seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 6), . and moved its adoption.
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
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