THE KING'S CORONATION

Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 20

THE KING'S CORONATION

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

INVITATIONS TO OHuftCH EEPRE-

SEXTATIVES.

TROUBLESOME MALTA.

ELECTRIC- INSTALLATION AT ST. PAUL'S.

LONDON, May 26

King Lewanica, of Barotseland (Central Africa), whom the King specially invited to attend the Coronation, has arrived in London.

Has Makowssen, the representative of the King of Abyssinia at the Coronation, has started for London.

May 27

At the Prince of Wales's suggestion the Admiralty have- prepared a scheme enabling the British fleet throughout the world to join in the Coronation celebrations.

Besides the presidents of the Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Unitarian, and Primitive MethodistChurches, representatives of the leading friendly societies have been invited to the Coronation ceremonies.

May 28.

A portion of the residents of Malta object to singing tihe Te Deum in connection with King Edward's Coronation. The Pope has issued an emphatic order •that it must be sung.

May 29. Sixteen miles of cables and two and a-half tons of copper wire have been laid to illuminate the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral on Coronation Day. There will be 1300 lights. Mr Pierpont Morgan is increasing his gift to £14,000.

The Colonial Premiers' tour will include the towns of Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Prince Chen, China's envoy to the King's Coronation, has arrived in London.

The King awarded an audience to King Lewanica, of Barotseland (Central Africa), whom the King specially invited to attend the Coronation.

WELLINGTV". May 31. The Cabinet has decided to ask the Education Board to arrange for the saluting of the flag by school children on the morning of Coronation Day.

The Government have decided to supply souvenir cards of the Coronation to all State and private school children thoroughout the colony free of cost.

TIMARU, Jiine 1.

The Coronatica .General Committee- last night received reports from vnrious subcommittees, which were adopted with amendments. These proposed to include a united service, with a parade of volunteers, closing at noon with a children's lunch, for which £50 was allotted. In the afternoon there will be a procession of children, volunteers, societies, and trades* crafts; and in the evening illumination of the borough chambers, an illuminated procession, ending with a £100 display of fireworks. Next evening a popular adults' ball will be given, and the following evening a children's social at the same place. No permanent memorial is provided for. The Borough Council voted £200.

At a meeting held on Monday evening at Na«t>by (unte» »iir correspondent) it was decided to cairy out the following programme: — That all townspeople be sfkod to decorate their premises; at. 9 a.m. all available flagh to be hoisted, all bells rung, and a salute of 21 gun-, to be fired; ;it 11 am. reliftfcus services to be held : at 1 p.m. a procession to be formed, headec by the band and the Mamototo Mounted Rifles, and followed by the fire brigade, veterans, friendly societies, and school children. At th» conclusion speeches to he delivered by the county chairman and the Mayor, the National Anthem to be suug and children to be treated to refreshments. If ice is available, a carnival to be held, consisting of curling and skating competitions. As an alternative a seven-aside football tournament to be arranged." At 7 p.m. a. torchlight procession to be held, followed by a fireworks display and a large bonfire ; to conclude with a social and dance m the Town Hall. Strong committees were appointed to ciriy oul the various items.

Our Gore correspondent telegraph* that a-heut 100 persons attended a meeting to arrange for th;> local celebiation on Coronation Day. Various suggestions were made, whir-h included religious services, children's entertainment, spores, and a fireworks display. It was alfco urged that the Borough Council fhonld vote sufficient money to claim the Government subsidy to build a public gymnabiuni as a memorial, or a public library. Eventually a committee Has 6et up to draft a programme and present it to the council The Vincent County Council ha 3 voted to ascertain what assistance would be giver £200 to meet expenses in connection with the Coronation celebrations.

The following circular by Archbishop Redwood and the Roman Catholic- BisJiops of New Zealand to the clergy and laity of their charge appears in the Tablet: — "It is our earnest desire to heartily associate ourselves and our flocks with the sentiment* and expressions of thankfulness and joy emanating from the hundreds of millions of kyal and devoted subjects throughout the world-wide British Empire on the auspices of the Coronation of his Gracious Majesty, King Edward VII. Accordingly, we deem it our duty to remind our respective clergy and faithful that, while they gladly join their fellow colonists in all the festivities connected with this joyous event, they must not forg-et to thank and invoke, with the deepest "sense of religion, the great and good God, the author of human .society, l by Whom Kinijfi reign, and lawgivers decree just things' iii order that He may shower His choicest blessings upon the new reign, to make it long, happy, and prosperous. Wherefore, we enjoin that, in all the Churches in our dioceses (in which weekly ..fisrjuaa m iiaklU * Aolaau* >&) JDfiiua. fiL

thanksgiving and invocation be rang or recited, at fhe hour most suitable for the respective congregations, on Thursday, the 26th day of June (Coronation Day) or on the following Sunday."