THE KING’S JUBILEE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 127, 11 March 1935, Page 5

THE KING’S JUBILEE

INDIAN BOY SCOUTS’ PLAN. LOYAL MESSAGE BY RELAYS. VERY ARDUOUS JOURNEYS. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) CALCUTTA, March 10. Fifty thousand boy Scouts in the Punjab province are planning a unique celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee. The Scouts will assemble at tlieir respective headquarters, and 1009 picked youths from the five provincial divisions will carry, in mile relays, loyal greetings from the most remote areas to Lahore. The most arduous trek will be from Kvlang, in Ladakh, where runners will have to eross'snowccvered Himalayan passes Others will have to swim the mighty Indus, and traverse the arid Sind desert.

The message will be handed to the Governor of the Province (Sir Herbert Emerson), Chief Provincial Scout, who will send them to the King by air mail. THE THANKSGIVING SERVICE. EMPIRE APPEAL BY BISHOP. (Received. This Day, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. The Bishop of Norwich, who will preside at the King’s Jubilee thanksgiving at the Albert Hall on May 8, has written an Empire appeal which is being translated into all Empire languages for the jubilee seryice. The Bishop refers to the King’s difficult quarter of a century and adds: “It is everything for the Empire that their Majesties’ own family life ideals are within the range of high and' low', rich and poor.”