A BRILLIANT GATHERING.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 256, 5 November 1910, Page 8

A BRILLIANT GATHERING.

(Received Nov. 5, 8.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Nov. 4. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, accompanied by an escort of Hussars, reached Parliament House. The Assembly Chamber, whe** the ceremony took place, was thronged with a brilliant . representative gathering, 'including Senators, Members of the Assembly, Provincial Councillors, Judges, the Consular body, and "heads of, the educational and ecclesiastical worlds.

As the Duke of Connaught, accompanied by the Duchess, Princess Patricia,, and Viscount and Lady Gladstone, ascended the dais the castle battery fired a salute of 21 guns, and $he band played the National Anthem. The proceedings were opened'"by prayers in English by the Archbishop of Capetown, and in Dutch by the Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church. ':"■,'-

The ' arrangements were. most elaborate^ and of unprecedented brilliance.