YESTERDAY'S DOINGS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10999, 24 June 1901, Page 9

YESTERDAY'S DOINGS.

IHE DUKE AND DUOHEBS AT THE CATHEDRAL.

Yeaterdar morning their Royal HighueSwev fteoompan3.e.d by , several member* of the suite, and h» Kxcellency the Governor and Lady lUnfurly, left Te Korabii bctwwn balf.pa*t t«ti Bud 11 o'clock and droro to tb* C*thedr*l via Uw North Belt wnd Colombo tftreet. There were three carriages in tbi-s small procession; the fust on* <wwr occupied by the Cfavemor, I*dy Ranfurly nod Captain Alexander; the oeoond men»b«n of the Royft! Mttft>; end the third by the Duke and All ftlong the route numbers of peop'.e together on the footpathh. nncj ■ efcoerred and vaved handkerchiefs as the Rovni party p««sed. From Colombo stieet Bridge to the Square the road wu* lined with tj-oopp, and from the bridge noTth- . twtfa a vm\\ body of mounted k«pt tie road clear. In Cathedral Square the crowd wne mn!¥«d along the j;ath by the Oathcdral and that by the c:ib*ta.'id, and wahed quietly for tJie Rovnl arrival. The tppearanec of tlw i-urriage containing his . lExoellenuy tlvo Governor, Ludy Banlurly. end Car**in Akxnnd«r *lieitf*d from the •zpechrut ciwrd murmurs «f 'Hen;, tiey came! Here they nre!" and tbe mistake w4i re pouted to » MtialUr extent wl«n the BJWnbers of th« »uit* apjwarcd. Immediately after these, however, came th* Duke »t»<l Duclkm themselves, q,n. equerry on citiwr side of the Royal carriage, and followed by a nioimted evenrt. Their Rovai Highnemem gracefully acknowledged the cheer* that invohwUvily rose, despite the day. As «w»n a* the Royal pair had p«»»ed into thecal hedral the crowd ssciwrated for tbe time being.