GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
It is as well to repeat a few of the general directions contained in the ofikdal programme: — The Government appeal to every colonist to assist in making the proceedings successful, to ensure good order, and to prevent injury to life and property. It ifs essential that there should be no congestion., and , any attempt to encaroM&b upon the reserved causeway or to enter streets already full mast be avoided. Once a position is taken up by any person he must not attempt to remove to another locality, or to endeavour to view any procession twice.
A roadway will be maintained , for the Royal prooesaion the whole length of the route, and no enoroackment upon this*' causeway will be permitted. Spectators axe enjoined on no account to <tx>uch or in any way interfere with the horses ridden by the military or police, or otherwise used in the procession, or to press upon them too closely. Infants in arms and young chiktoen should not be taken into crowded places, nor should young children bo allowed abroad .-with'oxit adequate guardianship. Aged and infirm persona should. also Sβ carefully protected. The public are 'specially requested no* to climb verandahs, fountains, railings, enclosures, or trees, and . are urged to assist in protecting all public ana private property foom injury. The overcrowding of verandahs must be avoided. - Spectators occupying stands or other similar points of- vantage are cautioned against the danger of coming in contact telephone, telegraph, or electriolight wires. The public are 'earnestly irequested to refrain from throwing into t&e streets flowers, paper, or other articles whioihi might startle the horses . attached to the carriage of tiheir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
Pedestrians are specially cautioned, to select safe sites from which to view the procession, and' also to avoid standing under verandahs where overcrowding seems to exist.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10998, 22 June 1901, Page 9
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