The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-23

Of the cricket ground, and the players
had plenty Of room to dress in. Re.
freshments we're provided, and there
was an abundance Of eatables,
Band Present.
Tho Hawaiian band, under the lead.
ership of Captain Berger, played some
fine selections, and old English, Irish,
Welsh and Scotch airs were rendered
in fine style. The crowd was cOntinu-
ally hummiug some of the oldtime ia.
vorites, and the music was much ap-
preeiated.
At half past four o'clock the cricket
ers adjourned, in time,honored fashion,
for afternoon tea. The cup that cheers,
ETC., was dispensed by Mrs. Give
Davies and bevy of other ladies. 1t
was while tea was being partaken of
that the British consul received the
cable from England. The message was
signed by the secretary to the King,
and is quoted above.
Although admission to the grounds
was by ticket, everyone who came along
was rendered pasteboard, and thou
sands availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity of meeting their fellow British
ers and to pay their respects to the
consul.
Informal Reception.
! The consul's reception was an infor-
NAL affair, and all the people who were
at the Punahou grounds just stepped
r.
Forster.
There was a continual stream of peo-
! pie passing back and forth from the
lower field to the upper one, and at
one time there must have been several
thousand visitors present.
On the lower ground large maruue
had been erecteds and boxes and bags
Of good thingsiI@ eat lTete aikplayed
therein. Small& tents were also stand.
ing, and in them other good things were
seesaws were provided fop the chill
dren, and they had a great time bob
bling up and down on the planks. The
running races were finely contested
and the big crowd became excited Over
the way the youngsters fought out the
events.
An Ideal Day.
The Oahu College grounds never
looked better, and the day was an idea
one for the coronation cricket mattel
and sports. The public began to arrive
at the grounds at about one O'Clock
and by three there was big crowt
present.
AS the children entered the ground.
they were asked to put their name!
down for the different events. VERY
few of them were backward, and soor
it was seen that most of the races would
have to be run off in heats, as there
were so many contestants
The officials in charge of the young
sters' sports worked well together, ant
everything went off smoothly. In TIVE
events a dead heat was registered b,
the judges and the races had to be run
} over again.
The sports continued till about foul
O'Clock, when most of the children Jour
neyed up to the cricket field to SCI
how their dads were faring with thu
bat and ball
crowd was happy and contented one
The coronation of George the Fifth will
be remembered by all the children VIII,
|, gathered at Punahou yesterday TO
many years to come.
The entrance to the ground wa
draped with the British and American
, flags, and bunting was to be seen every
, where. 1t was pretty scene, and per
, haps the best part of the show was tn
happy bunch of children.
, The officials who had charge of tn
sports were as follow: Clerk of course
r Lorrin Andrews; referee, Paul Super
judges, J. r. NJ. Maclean, G. Bustar
and w. R. Kiuslea; starter, John Soper
announcer, G. H. Tuttle.
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