TO ANTIPODES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 72, 27 March 1937, Page 9

TO ANTIPODES.

RADIO MESSAGES. Possible Coronation Broadcast By 8.8.C. DUKE'S 'PHONE TALKS. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 26. It is not improbable that Australia and New Zealand will hear some of the Coronation ceremonies from the new 8.8.C. Empire station, perched on the 650 ft hilltop at Daventrv, where there is an amazing array of masts, carrying six miles of aerials' solely .for the benefit of the Empire. l British licenses provided the whole of the outlay. Two 350 ft masts, reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower, carry alternative reflector aerials which transmit to Australia and New Zealand across Asia and

South America, as conditions require. j The Duke of Gloucester, when he cpens a new wing, completing the world headquarters of the Overseas League, on April 14, will deliver by radio telephone a message from the* King to his Governors-General in the Dominions, and to the \ ieeroy of India. He will receive replies for conveyance to His Majesty. Such an exchange of greetings is unprecedented. It is expected that it will be heard throughout the Empire through linking up of the Post Office radiotelephone services, thus enabling the conversations to be broadcast. j PARADES IN LONDON. Australian Contingent for Coronation. j NATIVE SULTANS TO ATTEND. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, March 26. The first parades preceding the Coronation took place yesterday, when the Australian contingent of 12 officers, 25 sailors, 100 soldiers and 25 airmen, of whom 50 per cent served in the Great j War, arrived in London. Large crowds gathered to cheer the men as they marched through the streets, headed by a band of the Brigade of Guards, to quarter in the Wellington Barracks. The soldiers wore khaki with bandoliers and puttees, and felt hats with emu feathers. i The colonial contingent for the Coronation procession is to be formed of men from almost every part of the globe—Malta, Ceylon, Malay, Hongkong. Mauritius, Fiji, the Falkland Islands, Aden, most of the West Indian colonies, and a number of African dependencies. Mounted officers selected from the regular colonial forces will form the King's Colonial Escort.

Royal colonial visitors to the Coronation will include the Emir of Transjordania, a member of the Sherifian family, which played a vital part in the recent history of the Middle East. The Sultan of Zanzibar, the Sultan of Johore, the Besar of Negri Sembilan, the Sultan of Fahang and the Sultan of Trengganu will also attend. It is estimated that at least GO representatives of non-selfjjoverninp: colonies, protectorates and mandated territories will be present. —xv—