THE SILVER JUBILEE

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 9

THE SILVER JUBILEE

DECORATIONS STARTED

KEEN PUBLIC INTEREST

(British Ottlelal Wireless.) (Received April 27, 1 p.m.)

RUGBY, April 26.

Twelve days before the Silver Jubilee Londoners and thousands of visitors to the capital are displaying keen interest lai all the preparations for the celebration, which is certain to be conducted on an unprecedented scale. The streets are assuming their Jubilee dress, and the decorations already creeled have stood successfully the wind and the cheerless weather conditions of the last few days. Every morning now sees a - rehearsal of "the various processions, and every night flood-lighting plant, which will provide a blaze of illumination for notable buildings, not only in London, but in every town and every village throughout j the country, is undergoing tests. j On May 7 hundreds of thousands of spectators will stand in the streets, and every window along the route will be packed, while special seating accommodation has been provided for- 7500 of the most fortunate. The series of brief processions into j which the Koyal Family and the Imperial representatives are being divided will maintain the interest for those who will willingly wait several hours. It has now been arranged that the escorts of the Life Guards and the Horse Guards will be supplemented by contingents from other cavalry regiments. This decision has been taken in part because the tremendous public interest—over £500,000 has been paid for seats—requires that the people should be given a really striking pageant. , The place iof honour at the Jubilee thanksgiving service in St. Paul's is being given to two "well-known boys," who will represent 10,000 members of the National Association of Boys' Clubs. A total of £30,000 for King George's Jubilee Trust has already been received in contributions sent direct to the headquarters of the trust at St: James's Palace, and to the Lord Mayor of London's fund/at the Mansion House. This sum\ does not include money from collections outside London, a number of which have received large donations. ' The Prince of Wales is devoting many hours every day to the organisation of the fund, and signs acknowledgment of all gifts, however small. They vary from one penny to thousands of pounds.