CORONATION DAY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22083, 4 May 1937, Page 10

CORONATION DAY

CITY COUNCILLOR'S COMPLAINT PAYMENT FOR HOLIDAY "The position of many workers in the city about Coronation Day is very unsatisfactory. A great number of them do not yet know whether they will have a holiday and whether they will be paid if they do have a holiday." This statement was made by Cr. R. M. Macfarlane when the City Council was deciding last night whether it would make a grant towards the cost of Coronation celebrations in the city. Cr. Macfarlane added that, he had i made it his business to get in touch with workers in the city about the attitude of their employers in giving time off, with pay, on Coronation Day. He had found that many workers felt that if they were not to be paid for a holiday on Coronation Day the celebrations then became, in their opinion, a sham. One employer, he said, had advised his employees that if they wanted a holiday they would have to take it without pay. Employers should give a practical demonstration of their patriotism by paying their employees tor the holiday. .The Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland) explained that he had asked employers to close their premises on Coronation Day, but he could not ask them to pay employees for the time lost. This must rest with the employers. It seemed to him that only hourly workers were affected. Weekly workers had to be paid, whether they had the holiday or not. He added that he thought the people of Christchurch, who loyal as any in New Zealand, would observe the day properly. The discussion then lapsed. CORONATION SERVICE REBROADCAST FROM NATIONAL STATIONS New Zealanders who have b.een unable to go to London for the Coronation will at least be able to hear a detailed description of the elaborate ceremonial on May 12 from the time when Their Majesties leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster Abbey until their return to the Palace. Ail the national stations in New Zealand, beginning at 8.45 p.m., New Zealand time, will rebroadcast the ceremony and procession from London. According to the announced programme, half an hour will elapse from when Their Majesties leave the Palace until they enter the Abbey for the Coronation service, which will take two hours and 40 minutes to complete. The order of the service is: The preparation, the entrance, the recognition, the oath, the beginning of the Communion service, the anointing, the presenting of the spurs and sword ana the girding and oblation of the sword, the investing with the armill ana Royal robe, and the delivery of the Orb, the investiture per annulum et baculum, the'putting-on of the Crown, the presenting of the Bible, the Benediction, the enthronisation, the homage, the Queen's coronation, the Communion, the Te Deum, the Recess, the epistle and gospel. The epistle is I Peter ii, 13-17, and the gospel St. Matthew xxii, 15-22. After Their Majesties leave the Abbey at 12.10 a.m., May 13, New Zealand time, there will be an interlude for 15 minutes until the procession is picked up rgain when it reaches Constitution Hill. From there to the Palace a description is given of the progress of the procession ending at 1.40 a.m. King's Address The broadcast is to be resumed at 5.30 a.m., with the beginning of speeches of homage and greeting to Their Majesties, from representatives of all parts of the Empire. After the heads of the different Governments have spoken anonymous speakers from all walks of life in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and tne Home countries will speak. The final speech before that of His Majesty will be given by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. King George Vl's first broadcast to the nation following his Coronation will begin at 6.30 a.m., New Zealand time. ——— CELEBRATIONS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN LIMITED EDUCATION BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATION Acting on the advice of the Medical Officer for Health (Dr. T. Fletcher Telford), the Canterbury Education Board has decided to recommend parents to limit their children's participation in the Coronation Day celebrations. In a statement to "Tne Press" yesterday, Mr L. E. Rowley, secretary to the board, said that because of the prevalence of the infantile paralysis, the board had been advised to recommend parents in '.he large city areas to limit the children's activities to certain ceremonies specified in a circular sent to the teachers and school committees on April 22. These ceremonies will allow the children to ' assemble on Coronation Day morning at their respective schools and to disperse later for the rest of the day and for the term vacation. The schools may provide some suitable symbol of commemoration, such as the planting of a .tree in the school grounds; but where local authorities desire a combined schools effort, application for such must be made to the Education Board. The board will grant the application if the health officer, upon consultation, is satisfied that gatherings may oe held in the district without danger to the children. CITY COUNCIL'S GRANT FOR EXPENSES The City Council decided last night to set. aside £IOO to cover all expenses connected with the arrangements for celebrating the Coronation. The finance committee reported that the fireworks display in particular would need financial support from the council.