DELHI DURBAR.
TO CQJST OVER A ISXIXXOX. LONDON, September 4. Strong, protests, have been voiced, of late that the huge expenditure which the Delhi Coronation durbar will entail should not toe countenanced -while portions of India.are so sorely afflicted with drought, pestilence, and famine. It is officially estimated that the cost will run .into £1,125,000, towards which the House of Commons has voted only £ 120,000. liven those whose Imperialist sentiments are most pronounced arc demanding that the durbar shou'id he called oil. The King and the Queen will take to India theijr coronation robes and crown 3, and t;he whole of the regalia. It will be the first time that this ten million pounds' worth of valuables has gone out of England. A unique ceremony in planned to tako place in Calcutta on December ■ 30, when the King will be weighed against masses of gold and silver, which will afterwards he distributed to the poor.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 216, 11 September 1911, Page 2
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