One great feature of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee will be a procession of illuminated launches and boats in the bar-hour. The arrangements for this have being entrusted to Mr. Wodehouse, who is capital hand at organising. The Chinese residents have had a meeting at the Tung Wah Hospital and passed a series of resolutions in connection with the celebration to be submitted to H.E. the Governor. These provide for'a display of fireworks both nights at two points, West Point and the Central District; a mat shed flower show at West Point; a show of curios and pictures at the City Hall; the Chinese theatres to be open all night both days; stalls for the sale of food and other articles to be allowed in Jervois and Winglok Streets throughout both nights. The four other resolutions seem to_ be stipulations or conditions to the foregoing. One is that house to house visitations are to be suspended for five days before and five after the celebration; that if any cases of plague occur during those ten days the patients are to be allowed to go to the Tung Wah for treatment; that each street may at its own discretion have its own band of music to play from the 22nd to the 25th of June; and that if any street wishes to erect triumphal arches it shall bellowed to commence the work ten days previously withoutlasking official permisiga. Not bad this by way of cheek!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.