THE EVENING.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12767, 23 June 1911, Page 8

THE EVENING.

llain began to fall about 6 p.m., and, -cont.nuing unt'J laU' in the evenrng/ it to some extent spoiled' the conclusion . :o£ thi' day's'rejoicings. The raiiij however, dirl not deter a very large mimtier of people • from coming into the -business portion of the town, the , .'• ■b'cnae and ■ other streets .through ' if- »vhich tho proce-^ion passed' 'being'< thickly lined. Th© Avenue was. si' -p'-e^ty sight', the Post Office being the ■ chief source of attraction. This Mas not ■ 7ib<bt« wondered at, as'the'building-was <locora^«'d in a most,artistic-manner. In to transpr-rencies of the King . an4,ou?m. th>> late King Edward, Tnd Queeit- .Alfex^ndra, the buddinK\va& outlined with calQUjredL electric ' lights.'a cluster of wliich' marked tlt» top of thft*flagpole, Avhile string^ of lishts hung gracefully from the roof to" the tower. The transparencies and ■ other devices shown by business people attracted much attention. • Poster s i was capitally illuminated, 'as -v.ere the Newmarket and Provincial md 01iavaun<w' Hotels, tlie Borough Council Chambevs, the Fire Brigade Station, and watch iower, and numerous othoi* places The illumination of the arch of the Town Bridge \vas iilso much admired, as was the1 Railvta\ Station, which was elaborately decorated -with greenery, etc. A large number of people carried Chinese lanterns, -f'.ndthis added considerably to the attractiveness of the night's proceedings. B6nfirps were lighted o^ the hills and in College- Street. The procession (practi- - rally the same as that of the afternoon) ' made a fine show, v»ach of the tableaux '.eing brilliantly lighted, while coloured fires dispelled any dismal feeling of which ,the rain might have provoked Everything -was over shortly after 9 o'clock, and the crowd, which had been extremely orderly throughout, dispers-, <xl. . ,Dunm; ihe afternoon and evening everything passed off without a hilch, for. which the marshals (Messrs Sprigs*ens and J. i*. Watt) are to be con(^atulatod.