The record-union., 1897-06-23
QUEENS JUBILEE
A GREAT EVENT.
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came a portion of the picturesque
Northwest Mounted Police as escort to
the first Colonial Premier, the Hon.
Wilfrid Laurier The Northwest po-
licemen made a striking appearance,
quite as brave and serviceable-looking
as the Southwark Mounted Rifles,
with their gray semi and
black cock plumes, who succeeded
them, escorting the Premier of New
South Wales, the Hon. S. H. Reid.
The Victorian mounted troops fol-
lowed, smart weather. beaten fellows in
unattractive brownish uniforms, sue
ceeded by the New Zealand mounted
contingen- a fne-looking, sun-burnt
lot, drawn from almost every town of
any Importance in the colony, display
ing uniforms intended for the conflict
rather than the parade ground. Then
came New Zealand's Premier, the Hon
Richard J. Seldom.
For the moment Australia gave way.
Africa was allowed a chance and the
Cape Of Good Hope mounted rifles
well set-up men, wearing the scarlet.
with white helmets, rode by to herald
the coming of the Cape Premier,
the Hon. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, K. c. NJ.
G. Hardly had he been noticed when
attention was claimed for the yellow
ish-brown Kharkee lit up with bright
scarlet from the blazing puggaree on
the spiked helmets to the double stripes
down the seams of tightly-ftting cor
Guroy trousers with large chamois
leather patches where the knee grip
ped the saddle, which proclaimed the
South Australian mounted troops.
Lean, long specimens of wiry man
hoop, they won applause like the rest
and passed on to the Premier of New
1Oundland, Hon Sir William Whiteway.
Behind the Natal mounted troops, a
contingent similar in model and equip
ment to their Cape brothers in arms,
rode Hon. Sir H. n. Nelson, K c. NJ.
u, the official persOnification Of West
ern Australia
The Premiers being disposed of, there
succeeded in really most attractive dis
play mounted troops of the Crown col
Dnies, the Rhodesian Horse, the Colo
NAL Infantry, broken by three bands
typical of the United Kingdom, those of
King Georges, the London Scottish and
the London Irish Rifle Volunteer Corps
and others. Then there passed the
splendid contingent from Canada's in
fantry, 175 strong, uniformed some
what like the regular service infantry,
with Colonel Aylmer leading. Much
applause was bestowed upon the fine
marching Of these men, who in every
way kept the Dominion to the front
Following came the real oddities in
the eyes of the Londoners, the Seapti-
chs from Cyprus, dividing the honors
with the Dyaks of Borneo Both are
military police. The Seaptfehs We're
mounted on island ponies and naturally
wore the Turkish fez with a jacket
somewhat suggestive of Constantinople
and the miners of Stahmboul The
BorneO Dyaks, yellow with colored
smallish chains, were eagerly expected
by the crowd, owing to their bead-car-
rying proclivities, Of which, however,
no trace could be found in their dress
Others coming after emphasized and
repeated the fact how widely scattered
are the Queens rules. The Trinidad
Field Artillery, the Sierra Leone with
dhe strange blue turban and depending
targets and knicllerbockers, the British
Guiana police with white curtained
caps, the Haussas in the familiar Zou-