QUEEN'S JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN ENGLAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5993, 30 July 1887, Page 6

QUEEN'S JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN ENGLAND.

A SOBER VIEW.

A despatch of June 2L say a that the festival was strictly one of the middle class, the railroads talcing in and out of London no fewer than on ordinary holidays. The crowds were astonishingly smaller than had been anticipated. There was no occasion to use a police pass to get about. Columns of accounts about thunders of applause are purely imaginary. Prom a collection of accounts at different points the fact is clear that the applause was infrequent and not very loud. The first half of the processiou passed Northumberland Avenue without a single cheer. As a spectacle tho procession suffered greatly from the fact that there was no music, and half the carriages were closed. The points of interest in the pageant were the splendidly picturesque group of the Native Indian cavalry officers, the Queen's carriage, and the band of princes on horseback behind. In the Abboy the most striking occurrence was the kiss exchanged by the Queen with all the members of the Royal Family, and the most touching incident the double kissing of the Crown Princess of Germany, the Queen's eldest daughter, who, after an affectionate salute from her mother, kissed the Queen's hand with such fervour that the Queen again kissed her warmly, after which the Crown Princess for a third time kissed her mother's hand and retired.

There were two or three fatal accidents during the day, and a number of slighter ones, but the Ambulance Corps proved very effective. Some indignation was felt that the Sb Stephen's Club, a Conservative institution, closed its door to an application by the Ambulance Corps for temporary shelter to an injured woman. The refusal was point blank.