“SHUN CORONATION”

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 173, 19 April 1937, Page 9

“SHUN CORONATION”

Americans Warned They Will Be Over-charged (Received April 18, 6.30 p.m.) San Francisco, April 17. Lord Marley, Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Lords, in an interview warned Americans to shun the Coronation unless they wanted to be overcharged for hotel accommodation and seats. He also bitterly criticised the general commercialisation of the event in an effort to make profit. NO KNEE BREECHES OR SILK STOCKINGS Ban on South Africans (Received April 18, 6.30 p.m.) Johannesburg, April 17. South African representatives at the Coronation have been forbidden to wear knee breeches and silk stockings. Before sailing for the Coronation, the Prime Minister, General J. B. Hertzog, stated: — “South Africa will participate in the Coronation as an equal with the other independent States of the Commonwealth. It will bo a proud day when in the presence of the world South Africa’s freedom, thus crowned, is acclaimed.” NEW ZEALAND TROOPS Arrival at London To-day (Received April IS, 6.30 p.m.) London, April 17. The New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Jordan, has invited all New Zealanders in London and Vicinity to join him at St. Pancras Station to welcome the Dominion’s military contingent for the Coronation. Headed by two bands from the London Command, the contingent will march to the Wellington Barracks on Monday. The New Zealand troops will march past New Zealand House, in the Strand. The troops will go to Pirbright, near Aidershot, in the evening, and will join the Australians, the Rhodesians, and the New Zealand naval contingent. CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE Broadcast of Coronation (British Official Wireless.) Kugby, April 16. Thirty-two telephones are being installed in Westminster Abbey to give a detailed sound picture of the Coronation service, and it is probable that as the ceremony proceeds the. King’s voice will be heard by radio listeners in many parts of the world. The broadcast will begin at 10.15. a.m., with a description of the scene in the Mall just before their Majesties leave Buckingham Palace. The procession will be described as the progress continues to the Abbey by commentators established at other vantage points along the route. The scene in the Abbey will form the subject of a descriptive talk by a narrator in a box in the triforium while awaiting the arrival there of the King and Queen, and another narrator will be established in the specially built annexe of the Abbey. Foreign commentators will be accommodated in separate boxes near the entrance to the annexe, and will broadcast to America, Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Yugoslavia, Norway and Sweden. The return in state to Buckingham Palace is expected to begin at .1.40 p.m. Broadcasts from various microphones will be given, and narrators established at other points will describe the spectacle. The final narrative will be given as the King and Queen arrive back at Buckingham Palace, and it is expected that they will appear on the balcony. The broadcast will probably end between 3.30 and 4 p.m. It is expected that to cover the period of the Coronation and the ordinary Whitsuntide recess Parliament will adjourn on May 7 and reassemble on May 24. Although considerable business has yet to bo done, Parliament may be able to rise for the summer vacation on July 30.