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Jubilee Pageantry Will be Held In London. KING TO LIGHT BONFIRE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 1. It is announced that the programme for Monday's jubilee celebrations will be carried out as arranged regardless of the state of the weather. "If it rains, however, the King and other members of the Royal family will travel to St. Paul's Cathedral in closed, instead of open, landaus. . The weather to-day was cheerless and wet, but there was very little diminution in the crowds thronging London streets, particularly the procession routes, to see the decorations, and there was an exceptionally large number outside Buckingham Palace.
Throughout the day the final military arrangements Tor Jubilee Day, including the drafting of contingents to the number of 14,000 to the line of the procession route, were approved by the King. Nearly 12.000 police will be on duty in Central London on Monday.
The sites Tor London's 27 bonfires, of which one. in Hyde Park, will be lighted by the King at 9..35 p.m., have been chosen. Altogether, in the complete chain throughout the country, there will be 1700 fires.
Four thousand guests, representative of all parts of the Empire, have been invited to take part in the St. Paul's thanksgiving service.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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211WET OR SHINE Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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