Canterbury's Jubilee.

Southland Times, Issue 14816, 18 December 1900, Page 2

Canterbury's Jubilee.

THE BEGINNING OF THE CARNIVAL (By Telegraph.) CimisTcinjßai, Dec. 17. Thongh thi! weather was threatening in the early morning nothing could have been finer than the day on which the Jubilee of Canterbury was celebrated. The decorations consisted of art muslin ] festooned from high poles across the route of march at frequent intervals. That the procession was ft tong one may be .gathered from the fact it look f>o minutes to pass any given point, and by common consent it is adjudged at once the biggest and the best procession that has threaded the streets qf tho catl^d-! dral citj . Tlie marshalling was good aiid, considering tlie heterogeneous nature of 1;liQ vehicles, there were surprisingly few halts. The friendly societies made a large show, that of the Druids, where aU were gWI, being somewhat exceptional. The Kw»poi Woollen Company made a spl endid show, as did the Canterbury iron foundry, Messrs White and (k)., Hay ward and Co., Eairfield ynwz. ing works, and many others v SPhe splendid team of six bullocks, leut by Messrs Hay Bros, of Pigeon Bay, Aktuoa, attracted much favourable comment, iwid tho Maori vehicles, , one of Svhich boj* a whare and family and the othef a caaoe ; crowded with stalwart paddlors, were tteW worth neeing. Tho volunteers turned oufc\ well, there being some 1200 infantry wd 274 mounted men, in addition, to the artillor}', A model of H.M.S. Majestic, made by tho Theatrical Scene-shifters kssociatioa, w;is much adraicori. There was no hitvh throughout the proceedings, which were taken part in by the Governor, the Premier, and mnny memoirs of Parlianwnt. Arrived at Hadoy Park tho volnntoors marched patt tno \nce-regal carriages, ;«id this, portion of the proceedings was at an end. Tho Jubilee speeches were delivered in tho Cauterbury Hail in the evening, vr.lieu

Stanford's Te Deuni was sung by the Exhibition choir fed addresses were given by Mr W. Recce, Mayor of Christchurch, the Governor, the Premier, Sir John Hall, the Hon. W. Rolleston and the Hon. C. C. Bowen. The Mayor, after paying high tribute to the founders of the province, predicted that the measure of progress for the next 50 years would be that of advanced enlightenment, rather than the number of miles of railway built or the acquisition of material wealth. The Governor dwelt chiefly on the enormous progress of the British nation under her Majesty, and the Premier, after dealing with the subject of the evening, referred to the end of the South African war as being further distant than was hoped and expected by all and foreshadowed that r New Zealand would keep up the present number of her men in the field so long as their services were required. Sir John Hall dealt with the early history and eminent men of the old Provincial Council. Tho others have still (midnight) to speak.