TO-DAY’S REVIEW.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12535, 24 June 1901, Page 8

TO-DAY’S REVIEW.

DIVISIONAL ORDERS

The following divisional orders were !*• sued yesterday:—Divisions will torn up on ground by 9.d0 a.m. in order shown on sketch plan. Artillery.> and mounted troops will march via West Belt, and enter Park i . by gates 0 and D (the gate opposite Hel< more’s Road and the gate between this on< * ', and the Carlton Bridge). . Troops from South Park, via West Belt, will enter Park by Royal entrance ama .-., Avenue Road. ■ -i' v'fffTroops from drillshed and cadets will en. ” ter Park by Armagh Street and review ground by point F, cadets keeping to left, others troops to right (F is' an opening ia the- railing between the stands and the river). Troops from Lyttelton will entei the Park by Armagh Street. The troops will leave by. the routes by which they entered. The troops will be arranged in column* facing the stands, and extending almost th« ; full’length of the p round. On the far left will be the artillery, then the naval force, the naval and garrison artillery, the Em gineers, the Wellington Mounted ; Rifled (dismounted), four battalions of Wellington infantry, the returned troopers, three -bat* . talions of Canterbury infantry, the Nelson and West Coast infantry, and: two hat* talions from Otago on the extreme right, Behind this line will be the mounted men, Canterbury on the left and Otago on* th< right. The cadets will be massed in froni of the artillery on the left. The marker flags will be as -Blue,-with red cross, Field Artillery; light . blue, Royal Navy and Naval and Q-arrh son Artillery ; magenta, Engineers ; green, 1 Wellington Brigade; red and white, tqj turned troopers; yellow, Otago Brigade; red, with M in black, Canterbury Mounted Rifles; yellow, with M in black, Otago Mounted Rifles. The ambulance stations, of which .there arc five, will have the usual white, flag, with the -, red cross; i

TBIARU.

The decorations of the Railway. Station and refreshment rooms by: Messrs Ballamtyne and Co. was proceeding apace on Saturday. Mr W. Kent, the manager’s idea is a scheme of colour throughout, a broad red, white and blue band fabrh runs along the whole length of ; the build ing, the-, space above this being covered with kharki scrim, most of which is covered with printed shields, flags, " welcome* mottoes and touches of flags. The railway carpenters have built - a ; substantial; covered platform. outside the station, -where their Royal Highnesses will stand to hear the school children sing,' arid give the crowd an opportunity to see them. This is roofed over, and will be well decorated: and set off with a few fine fern trees obtained, from Dunedin. George Street, up to the Post Office, is lightly festooned with small flag®, on lines along arid across the double line of telegraph poles, whilst ■on the poles bunches of flags; are fixed. ■ Several’ long strings of flags slope down .from the topi of the Post Office tower to telegraph polea across the street.--Around the building.run three bands of colour, bunting blue under the upper cornice, and red and white at mid height. Some bright printed-national shields • are well applied between the fvindnws. The transparencies supplied for the upper windows of the Post Office .. wepi erected in Thursday and Friday* and did credit to the local painters, Messrs Dickinson and- Griffiths. They looked even better by day than at night, and were really passable portraits. Other windows were filled with heraldic devices, and over each was fixed a bunch of flags. The scheme of decoration’ is excellent,; but the ' flags used .are -rather small for the extensive space# spanned. . , . : ■■ ■ At the request of Mr Quill, tno licensee ’of the , refreshment rooms, whose bands are full. at. Christchurch, Mr A. Budd' will proVide the Royak luncheon, and also afternoon, - tea on the train between Timaru and Dunedin. ;

DUNEDIN. [FbOM . OUB COBBISPOIfDENT.] DUNEDIN, June 22. There is a strong feeling here regarding the amended programme for the Royai! visit; to- Dunedin. ■ The visit" isn now - ' pn> , ideally restricted to one full day, and, compared with other centres, saint justio* seems to have been ..done to Dunedin. Those Who were making elaborate arrangements for a display are greatly ‘ disgusted. The “Star” says that a good deal of by no means unreasonable, soreness is felt at the alteration of the Dunedin programme. None of the other, centres have been treated in this incomprehensible fashion. Why should Dunedin be treated to such an experience? This community cheerfully fell in with all the of the finally revised programme, involving as they did considerable local arrangement* and expense. The paper inquires what i» the reason for this; muddle and apparent discourtesy, with its implied slight, on th* city and province. While the enthusiasm and loyalty of Dunedin will not be abated one jot through the severe disappointment, it is-very doubtful whether all the expense would have been gome to if it had been known beforehand that this city would only be honoured by the presence of the Royal pair "for forty hours.