RUMANIA'S KING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 17 October 1922, Page 5

RUMANIA'S KING.

CORONATION CEREMONY. A DAZZLING SPECTACLE. EAST .AND WEST MINGLE. iKp.-elrni Hi.~<i a.111.i HVCUAKKST. October 1C Übajulia. the histori. al capital oi Transylvania, was thw .-erne of remarkable pageantry during the crowiiinj! "t King Ferdinand And Que.-n Mane. All Jay long (here wen- dnnling spectacle* of' splendour a* Kast mingled witli tlir dignified ceremonial of the \Ve#t. The Duko of York represented Oritatn. Queen Elizabeth Greece, Prince Paul Seryia. The Italian frown Prime and HtiWT royalties were present. ;<K. Mar-hal L-VJeh.

The Rumanian Kinjr and 4"ecu r,, " ceivecl a tumultuous ;-ooei tien a- they dn.vc to Hip cathedral, three squadrons of aeroplane* huzzinp overhead. The preliminary religion' service wa* celebrated by lh<- Primate of the CrePk Orthodox C liureh. assistfd hy patriarch* from every corner of Transylvania.

As tliey'lnft tin- church their Majestic* were- gveoted hy live hundred oflieert. each lurrying regimental colours. Their Majesties mounted a lanotiied dflie. Tii'liinfl tli<- dais won- church dignitaries an.i troops. Just before the crowning scores of countrymen ilre»<p<l in sh<>?]>skins peiu-trated tli.- ni:;k-< nf Hildiers and liiiPd up besidf the dais, tlipir wiv«« and daughter* singiiifr Rumanian folk Honee. WTien the singing ended the President of the Senate Isronjzhl an iron rrowii luadp from a eaiinoti raptured from the llulgars at Plevna. After the Kiiifr lia-1 crowned himself lln , Queen knefi and the Kinp pla.-.-U oil her hpad a crown .>f gi'lil and diamonds, rubies and emeralds, amid tlw clie-rs of 5<>.000 jieo|jlp and tho salute of a hundred and one fjiins.—i A. antl S./.. t oble.l