KINGS JUBILEE

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21402, 19 February 1935, Page 11

KINGS JUBILEE

—. BIG CROWDS EXPECTED AT FUNCTIONS RATIONING AND BALLOTING FOR PLACES (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BST ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIOHT.). (Received February 18, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 17. The King's silver jubilee functions, especially those at which the King and Queen will be present, are expected to be so overcrowded that it will be difficult to accommodate all those who want to attend. There is enormous interest in Great Britain arid thousands of people are coming from the Dominions. One shipping company alone is reported to have booked 4000 passengers from Australia. Rigid rationing and balloting for places will be necessary. For instance, there are the difficulties afforded by the presentation of addresses to the King and Queen at Westminster Hall. Nearly 2000 are expected to attend, including peers, members of the House of Commons,judges and members of Dominion and Colonial parliaments, but there will not be room for their wives. REPRESENTATION OF NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER MAY MAKE TRIP [From Our Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, February 18. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) will probably visit London in May to represent New Zealand at the silver jubilee celebrations of his Majesty the King. No decision or announcement has yet been made; but enquiries show that Cabinet Ministers feel that the occasion calls for the Dominion's representation by its Prime Minister. Probably decision will be reserved until the session is further advanced. It is expected, however, that the session will end before the -end of March, and Mr Forbes would not require to leave the Dominion until then. A suggestion has been made that the final session of this Parliament, which would normally begin on the last Thursday in June, may be delayed until some time in July to allow Mr Forbes to be back in New Zealand for the opening. On the present outlook, there will not be a great deal of work in the final session, which in any event would be expedited by the general election at the end of the year, and the desire of members to be away from Wellington by early October to begin campaigning.

FREE ENTERTAINMENT (BUrTISB OFFICIAL WIUEIJSSS.) RUGBY, February 17. Theatres and music halls throughout the United Kingdom will mark the occasion of the King's jubilee by offering free entertainment to some 500,000 disabled returned soldiers, unemployed and children.