CANTERBURY JUBILEE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 300, 18 December 1900, Page 3

CANTERBURY JUBILEE.

FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Ghmstciiurch, December 17. Though the weather was threatening in the, early morning nothing couli have besn finer than the day ou which tho Jubilee of Canterbury was celebrated. The diccratiocs consisted if art muslin in various shades of colour which were festooned from high poles across the route of march at frcquer.t intervals. Tae procssaion took 50mins. in passing uy given point and by common consent was adjudged the biggest and best which has threaded tbo streets of the Cathedral City. The ' marshalling was good and there wcra surprisingly few halts. The Friendly Societies made a largo show, that of .the Druids, where all were gocd, being somewhat of an exception, and oie Kaiapoi Woollen Co. made a splendid shear, as did many others. The splendid ,bam of six bullocks, lent by Messrs. Hay Bros., of Pigeon Bay, attracted mu -h favouarble comment, and the Maori vehicle* l , one of which bore a native wbare arid farai'y, and the other a canoe crowded with stalwart paddlers, were well worth seeing. The volunteers turned out well, there being same 1200 infantry and 275 mounted men in addition to the artillery, Amodelof H.M.S. Majesthvmadeby the Theatre Sceneshifters Association was much admired. I There 7 was no hitch' throughout the ,

prooseditgs, which were taken part in by- tha Governor, the Premier, aid many members of Parliament. Arrived at Hagley Park, the volunteers narched past, and this poi tion of the proceedings wis at an end. The Jubi- ; hj« epeechee will be delivered at the "' Industrial Hall to-night, when Stanford 1 p To Dram uto be sung., i Latke. , f tbe.Jnbilee speeches were delivered '' 'irtSo Cmterbfary Hall in the evening wheo'SUnford'* TtDemn was sung by lio'Szbibitien Choir. The Mayor pctjieted that the measure of progress far the next 50 years would be that of enlightenment rather than ' ' of miles of railway built or 'wi&Wlion of material wealth. '«**tJEfc# Gpiernor dwelt chiefly on the OjMTlttWiprogreea of tbo British cation *' wOSe BwHajosty.' ! ~ Tbo rromioi? referred to the end of j ~ tfcsySentlTAfrican war being longer - .-' distant than waa hoped *nd expected by •gj£ «ad foreshadowed that New ZeaJladirould keep up the present number «f her nun in the fluid so long as their/tenioes were required. J 1 -"< Sir John Hall deals with the early ' Wstery and eminent men of the old Provincial Council. Others nave still to spsak.