Illumination and Fire Brigade Procession in evening.
this the following reply was received by telegraph from Singapore yesterday from the Duke's equerry
Duke, but banquet must depend on "Programme for 7th approved by hour of departure. Will inform you from Hongkong."
As we wrote yesterday morning, the preparations for carrying out this programme are progressing energetically but the guarantee list and the tiffin list are still open to receive more names of British subjects, and the earlier these are sent in the better. Many people have been waiting until they knew for certain that the proposed programme would be accepted by their Royal Highnesses, but as there is uow no longer any possible doubt on this head, all British subjects should ce-operate heartily to make the celebration a great success.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.