PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 7

PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.

POSTPONED TILL FRIDAY. Wlli COST £100,000. 15,000 PERFORMERS. „,, p re cs Association.— CorTrigbt.) (By caL " c(Bcceivcd i.SO p.m.) LONDON". July 20. The Pageant of Empire, due to open at li „ +n-morrow, Iβ postponed till v "when rnnce Arthur of Conr "oft' members of the Cabinet, and rcmUtivee of the Donnn.ons and nfwi attend. The postponement ,s S to tic council not obtaining posseshe realised from the fact that '•'to to produce the pageant in Uβ (Kcutcjo jL^VlI."' The departure of Scbast.an fabot; gorgeous Court scenes and dances ° f r,tover? d of Newfoundland.-Fornml M rlT French settlers. Parade of honour he heists of Abraham of the soldiers °? Wotfc and Montcalm. War of 1812----fl° Opening of the Golden West Second Dav.-Kastward Ho! The Jfrf Queen Elizabeth. Merrie EngS The return of Drake after the Meat of the Armada. Morris dancers, recession o f ancient city companies. rLush fleet in the Mediterranean. Blake makes safe the paths of commerce, and clears the way to the East. South Africa.—Settlers of all nation--litie. Meeting with Tchaka. of diamonds and gold. Wilson's last stand. Cecil Rhodes , conference in Matappos. Act of Union India State procession of Jenangir, flu. ereat Mogul, and the reception of Sir Thomas Roe. Splendour of the East, M d history up to recent times. Third Day.—Court of George 111 — Powder and "patches. Captain Cook sets out on expedition to the south. Discovery of New Zealand and Australia. Wgw Zealand.— Meeting with Maoris. Early settlers. War with Maoris. Peace and prosperity. Call of Empire. Australia. —Foundation of Sydney. Era of development Cirowth of wool industry from days of George 111. Openin» of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth by His Present Majesty, George V., then Prince of Wales. Warriors of the Past and Present,— Marvellous mounted and unmounted rageant of the nation's heroes. Soldiers of Richard Coeur de Lion, Cromwell, Jlarlborough, Wolfe, Clive, and Wellington Heroes of the sea, Drake, Grenville, Blake Howe, and Hood. Funeral barge with body of Nelson. Toll for the brave. - Empire's Thanksgiving. —The Dominions, India and colonies, with their power, splendour, and resources show to tie Motherland their sacrifices, loyalty, and love. Navy, Army, and Air Force in vast spectacle. Massed Chorus.—Finale. Rudyard Kipling's "Becessional."