THANKSGIVING SERVICES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 9

THANKSGIVING SERVICES

Blp CROWD IN HYDE PARK (Received May 13, 11.40 aim.) LONDON, May 12. Jubilee thanksgiving services were held throughout • Britain ' today, the Duke of Gloucester attending the observance in Belfast Cathedral. Hyde Park was the scene of an openair service, which was attended by 100,000 people who earnestly participated in .the community hymn singing. SERVICE AT WIMBLEDON (Received May 13, 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 12. A Jubilee thanksgiving service unique in the history of Wimbledon, was held on the centre court, 10,000 people filling the stands. Territorial and Salvation Army bands and many district units of Cadets-and Boy Scouts attended. The Mayor took the salutein the march past. «—«__ • SCOTLAND YARD'S WORK ALMOST CRIMELESS WEEK (Received May 13, 12.30 pan.) LONDON, May 12. The newspapers pay a tribute to Scotland Yard's success in making Jubilee Week almost "crimeless." Only a few minor offences have been reported. ENTHUSIASM IN INDIA (Received May 13, noon.) / LONDON, May 12-. His Majesty has sent a mesage to the Viceroy of India, stating that the KingEmperor is deeply touched by the enthusiasm with which the Jubilee has been celebrated in India. , .FLOODLIGHTING DISPLAYS (British (intciai Wireless.! (Received May 13, 11' ajn.) ■ . RUGBY, May 12. j Although officially the floodlighting display, which has been such a notable feature of the Jubilee celebrations, will end after next week, when the lights on the Government buildings will be removed, many commercial and private buildings in London and the provinces will continue the floodlighting indefinitely. • CHARING^ROSS FIRE SIGHTSEERS HELD TIP RAILWAY BRIDGE ALIGHT LONDON, May 12. A flre at Charing Cross railway station :before midnight complicated the journey-home, after the Jubilee celebrations, of what the most reliable experts declare was the biggest crowd oi sightseers London has ever known One of the main electric cables'on I the bridge leading from the station ?nn°f ? e« Thames fused« sett«g fire to 1 100 feet of woodwork under the bridge,

which burned fiercely. The current across the bridge was switched off. As a consequence the electric trains were brought to a standstill, and steam trains were unable to move owing to the hoses across the line. Firemen also fought the flames from a fire-float on the river. Meantime the station was jammed by crowds. Officials, using loudspeakers, told the thousands that it was no use waiting, but to go quickly to the Cannon Street and London Bridge stations, where trains were running. The crowd rushing from the station met another crowd seeking to enter, resulting in many being crushed. Women burst into tears and others fainted. People then rushed to the three underground stations nearby, the Strand, Charing Cross, and Temple, but found that these already had been closed. Thousands started to tramp the miles home; others faced with longer journeys filled the, seats and sat on the pavements on the Embankment and prepared to spend the night. Experts agree that only the good humour of the crowd averted a terrible, disaster and loss of life ia the crushes before Buckingham Palace, where their Majesties again appeared on the balcony,' and h> and around Charing Cross. Trafalgar Square after midnight bore the appearance of a. vast open-air dance resort, thousands dancing and singing JUBILEE AIR MAIL TRANS-TASMAN JOURNEY ■ ' • SYDNEY, May 12. On the Jubilee air-mail flight to New Zealand and back, Sir Charles Kuigsford Smith will carry a letter addressed to the King at Buckingham Palace. The stamps oh the envelope will include ■ a special Australian Jubilee stamp, depicting his Majesty mounted on a charger. The stamps will be postmarked in Australia and in New Zealand. His Majesty is a keen philatelist. . ' ■ . ■■' ■"