KING AND EMPEROR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14854, 4 December 1911, Page 7

KING AND EMPEROR.

ARRIVAL AT BOMBAY. A ■ BRILLIANTS WELCOME, " THE TRIBUTE OF INDIA, By Telegraph.—-Press Association.— (Received December 4, 12.35 a.m.) :, Bombay, December 3. The P. and 0. Company's Medina, ; conveyingj King George and ;. Queen Mary to the Durbar, arrived in the harbour to-day. ~„'.■,■ The harbour, under .brilliant sunshine, was full of decorated craft. . The Viceroy (Lord Hardihge of Penshurst) boarded the- Medina, which was welcomed with, a Royal salute :of 101 guns; the first ever fired in the harbour. - ■'.■...- ; - Their Majesties landed \ in "i the afternoon, when there were renewed salutes. ' ■ .The arrival of the King and Queen happily coincided with the Mahomedan festival of Bakrid. '~ A reception was. held in ; a magnificent pavilion superbly decorated with national flags, including those of Australia and New Zealand. The scene _ was : made brilliant ■'■■by: the gaiety of the uniforms and clothing worn !by the native potentates, the officials and soldiers. .■..'-*.•'.•-■ All ranks of officials were present, including, the clergy. and judges. ;' Their Majesties were seated upon | golden thrones, under a "'] canopy of ; royal blue; '" * • •' \ They were" presented ■ with art address: from the city, ~ i The King, -in course of "his reply, said, "One first ';desires, after hia | accession,: to .visit his Indian : subjects." •-'■-.";. :: V'/. /..: "■■ r|i-.'.- : '.,:;-'-!'*J : ; ! A stately procession through the ! city followed, after which -the King and Queen returned to ,the Medina. i The excitement of the public in! connection with the arrival of • j the King and Queen is unexampled within living memory. -- ;; Portraits of^TKelr^iMajesties'^are being sold' in the - streets in immense numbers. - .'.-;.*/