Long before nine o'clock in the evening the Bund, the frsshre, and the steps and. windows of the hongs tieing the Bund were crow led with sightseers, native and foreiga, waiting to witness the illumnina'ions. After the first glance at the illwniastioas, interest for the moment w: inthe to fight prozession of the Slvungiai Fire ut. The maser was at nine at the corner of Horan and Nanking Roals, and shortly after that hour the procession made its way dwn the Nanking Roa to the Bund, and along the route which had been previously advertised in the columns of the local Press, As the procession slowly made ita way along the route there were bursts of cheering at intervals from the spectators, of whom cheered their favourite, while others, more impartial, applauded one and all, with perhaps a lowder cheer when some particular truck appealed to them as being more prettily decorated than the ret. All the Compatiies were represented, and we were glad tv x29 the Torrents taking part. The hook er teuc's of the Mih-holoougs headed the prozession, and their "Say the woul and down comes your house," ws so_well illuminated that it was especially noticeable. One of the trucks carried "John Gull" and another "Britannia," whose mie-up was excellent ant elicited bursts of applause all along the crowded thoroushfures. To say that these trucks sto out from the rest casts no aspersion on the others, for all were excellently decorated and illuminated, and the procession was a success in every way. In the Con-salute grounds, when the procession dis-el, there was a scene of the wildest entivusiasm, the cheers for King, Queen and Country being prolonged and hearty, and it musi have been with feelings of relief that LIB M. Consul-General "heard the sound of the last tiger" dying away.
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