PARADE OF JEWELS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 18 October 1923, Page 2

PARADE OF JEWELS.

2£ MILES OF GEMS. Hundreds of thousands of people of all nationalities watched a wonderful procession of jewels and precious stones which wound its way through Antwerp lhe procession, which had been arranged by the Antwerp diamond industry to illustrate the history of diamonds, pearls, rubies, and other jewels was 2J nules long, and 2500 persons,' in adidtion to horses, elephants and j camels, took part. ' The costumes worn were authentic, having been obtained from the countries concerned, such as Persia, India, China Atnca, Italy, and so on, and of the 66 groups m the procession. 14 were huge ornamental cars, each resembling some historical episode of the world's jewel industry. J The chief figure was a woman resplendent in jewels, holding a hornshaped receptacle, from which a dense shower of precious stones fell at her teet. A remarkable group was that of six Persians carrying the cloak of the khah Madir, from which the precious stones sent out shafts of brilliant colours as they caught the sun. JMephants- m gold and diamonds, Chinese with frightful dragons, delightful little Japanese girls, Arabs, Turks, Hindus—all found a place in some part ot the procession, which was witnessed by King Albert.