THE CORONATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11949, 25 April 1902, Page 5

THE CORONATION.

DUBLIN'S LORD MAYOR AND

THE KING.

By Telegraph.-Press Association.—

(Received April 24, 10.22 p.m.)

London, April 24. The Lord Mayor, presiding at a meeting of the Dublin Corporation, declined to put a motion to send representatives to the Coronation on the ground that the Corporation had not been invited. He himself had been invited, but he did not intend to accept the invitation.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is Mr. T. C Harrington, M.P., an Irish barrister, and formerly part proprietor of the Kerry Sentinel. He is secretary to the Irish National League.

NEW ZEALAND'S ADDRESS TO THE KING. [bv TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington'! Thursday. The address to the King, signed by members of the Cabinet, on behalf of the people of New Zealand, is a particularly line specimen of illumination work. It is enclosed in a frame of totara, carved in Maori style, by Mr. Jacob Ileberley, and picked out with pawa shell ornaments. Surrounding the oval space, which bears the address itself, is a collection of views in watercolours of the four chief ports of the colony, and «.f Romo of its most noted physical features and scenery, including the Maugomii River, the Tasman Glacier, the Sutherland Falls, the Wairakei Geyser, the Monawatu and Otira Gorges, Lake'Te Anau, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, and Mount Egmont, and also a scene at the Cook Islands, one of our latest dependencies. Between the views are faithful representations of indigenous flora and of native birds—the tui, huia, kiwi, kea, pukeko, and the weka. The text of the address hits been engrossed and illuminated by Ml*. W. R. Bock, and runs as follows : — "On the occasion of Your Most Gracious Majesty's Coronation, we, the Premier and members of the Ministry of New Zealand, for, and on behalf of Your Majesty's loyal subjects in the colony, respectfully desire to tender to Your Majesty assurance of their devotion to Your Most Gracious Majesty's person and throne, and loyalty to the Empire. We remember with" love and pleasure Your Majesty's great condescension and self-sacrifice in sending your beloved son, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Princess, to visit our colony, and we venture to hope that their Royal Highnesses have been able to speak of the colony and of its loyal and loving people to Your Most Gracious Majesty in a favourable light. Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to know that your loving subjects in New Zealand are enjoying every opportunity which the exercise of freedom and justice can afford, and that general prosperity prevails throughout the colony. We also desire to bring under your gracious notice that both races in New Zealand are living in amity and friendship as one people, under one King, one Constitution, one Hag, and one universal feeling of hope and prayer that Your Gracious Majesty may long live to reign over our glorious Empire in the enjoyment of every blessing to lasting benefit of Your Majesty's loyal and loving subjects, and for the spreading and strengthening of the bonds of brotherhood, prosperity, and happiness among our kindred throughout the Empire." The. pataka made by Mr. Ileberley for the Government for presentation to the King by Mr. Seddon will contain a photograph of the address, which has been mounted by Messrs. McGregor, Wright, and Co.. and is being sent to England by the San Francisco mad.