AUSTRALIANS ARRIVE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page 9

AUSTRALIANS ARRIVE

First of Pre-Coronation Processions LARGE CROWDS CHEER (British Official Wireless.) (Received March 26, 6.30 p.m.) Kugby, March 25. The first of the series of parades preceding the coronation took place when the Australian contingent of 12 officers, 25 sailors, 100 soldiers and 25 airmen, of whom over 50 per cent, served in the Great War, arrived in London. Large crowds gathered to cheer as they marched through the streets headed by the band of the Brigade of Guards to their quarters at 'Wellington Barracks. The soldiers wore khaki with bandoliers and puttees, and felt hats with emu feathers. The colonial contingent for the coronation procession is to be formed of men from almost every part of the globe—from Malta, Ceylon, Malay, Hong-Kong, 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 Amir of TransJordan, a member of the Sheriflan family which has played a vital part in the recent history of the Middle East, the Sultan of Zanzibar, the Sultan of Johore, the Sultan of Pahang, and the Sultan of Trengganu. It is estimated that at least 60 representatives of non-self-governing colonies, protectorates and mandated territories will attend.