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"nition will, we feel confident, help to create a new and lively
"interest in municipal work and duty.
"We feel thankful that the application of medical and surgical
"science has resulted in the complete recovery to health of Your
"Majesty the King, and we humbly pray that Your Majesty may be
"sustained, strengthened, and preserved for many years.
"While assuring Your Majesties of our unabated loyalty and
"devotion to Your Majesties' persons and Throne, we earnestly hope
"that the Divine Blessing may attend Your Majesties' reign, and
"that You may long live to rule over a loyal, contented, and
"prosperous people."
30.—The following was the King's gracious reply to the
Address, viz.:—
"I thank you on behalf of myself and the Queen, for the loyal
"and dutiful address presented by you in the name of the Mayors,
"Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan Boroughs south
"of the Thames. We are deeply touched by the reference you have
"made to my recovery from a dangerous illness (to which, under
"God's mercy, medical science so much contributed), and by the
"loyalty and devotion which are to-day being displayed by all
"classes of our subjects. It is to us a source of much satisfaction to
"know that the many social problems which present themselves to
"those who are charged with the municipal go\ernment of the
"Metropolis are receiving that attention which their importance
"demands, and you have our hearty sympathy in all your efforts
"to ameliorate the conditions under which large numbers of our
"people are compelled to live."
Coronation
Celebration
31.—A Committee consisting of the Mayor (Councillor W. J.
Lancaster, J.P.), Alderman the Rev. J. H. Anderson,
Alderman H. J. Martin, Councillors Rear-Admiral H
J. Campbell, C.B., Lieut.-General F. Lance, C.B., and J. Lidiard
(Ex-Mayor), with the Town Clerk as Hon. Secretary, was
appointed to consider what steps should be taken by the Council
on behalf of the Borough to commemorate their Majesties Coronation.
It was decided to entertain all children between the ages of
5 and 15 attending public elementary schools in the Borough and
to present each child with a commemorative mug. Subscriptions
to defray the expenses were invited from residents; Ward Committees
were appointed to carry out the arrangements in the
several wards, and the entertainments took place on the following
dates, viz-: —