CORONATION DAY PLANS

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1937, Page 7

CORONATION DAY PLANS

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LONDON, April 27.

Hitherto it was assumed that the Coronation ceremony would last for three hours,, but it is how announced that, it will begin at 11 a.m. and end aboiit.l p.m.^t' 7 ~ - Their Majesties will leave the Palace, on Coronation Day at 10.30. The Royal coach is expected to leave the Abbey Tit 2.15.; Dominion troops will head’the procession .on the return to the Palace by 3.50. Preceding Their Majesties to the Abbey will be the Lord Mayors and Speakers’ procession; certain members of the Royal. Family, and.representatives of Foreign Powers, after which will be, eleven carriages, ■of Prime Ministers in this order: —Mr. Baldwin, escorted by mounted police; Mr. Mackenzie King, escorted by Canadian Mounted Police; Mr. Lyons, Mr. Savage, and General Hertzog, escorted by their own mounted troops. Thereafter will be representatives of India, Burma, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Ireland, Saltans, .of Johore and Zanzibar and' other. and Emir Abdullah of Trans-Jordania. Next will come the carriage procession of the Royal Family, and finally the Royal Coach, headed by detachments, of armed forces, General Officers Commanding, members of the Air and Army Councis and Admiralty, escort’ of officers from the Dominion and Colonial contingents,■= Yeoman of the Guard, and Aides. The State coach will be drawn by eight greys, escorted by Earl Cavan, Duke of Beaufort and Sir W. Birdwood, after which will be the Royal Standard, the Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent, the King’s entourage, and Sovereign’s escort. Royal salutes of 41 to 62 guns will be fired at St. James Park and the Tower at the moment of the Coronation.

OVERSEAS TROOPS.

(Recd. April 28, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 27.

The Australian Associated Press is informed that the King-and Queen and 'several' other inembers of the Royal Family, are likely to be present at Buckingham Palace on May 14, when-the Dominion troops march past His Majesty, and receive Coronation Medals from him.

Troops numbering 1500 will represent/ every Dominion,/ India and all the colonies. ' His Majesty will hand medals, to the commanding officers for each; soldier., ; : ' QtEEN’S RKTHPIuACE'

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RUGBY. April 27.

The King and. Queen,, who returned to London fr.om Windsor Ca.stle, this morning, will be in*. residence- at Buckingham ’. Palace, 'until after the • Coronation. J " The Coronation of the King and: .Queen willffitlW‘a'/special -interest for. - the little village of St. Paul’s Wilden in Hertfordshire, where at-the Manor House, the former'home of the-Earl hhd-Counte^' ; Queen Eliza-/ Heth was •ttorn.'*-^''h.m-' •■'./ // ‘ The Queen’s ' brother, Hon. David , the occupant'. \bf the house, and/pn Coronation Day/, 'the villager§/.AvhQ.i}o houses lie close; to its gates; Will-be his guests at fes-;. • tivities : .'winch'-will';Conclude with a... dance aroiuid a

PROGRAMMES 'FOR PATIENTS; •.

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'./ •? RUGBY, April.27.’-: Presiding at a luncheon at St.u James's. Palace; at/ which 150 guests.• who' have been associated with the, -. production of the Coronation) P}' 0 "/ gramme, on behalf of the King*: George’s Jubilee Trust, to which pre-; paration and publication of the pro- • gramme was entrusted, by the King,/ and to whose funds the proceeds of ; the sale will go, the Duke of Glouces- :? ter mentioned that through the generosity of a private donor, a copy of the programme will be in the hands of every patient in every voluntary hojWital in the United Kingdom, on Coronation Day . MARITIME MUSEUM OPENED (Recd. April 28, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. ’ Their Majesties, and Princess Elizabeth embarked onithe Admiral’s barge at Westminster, and journeyed down the river, escorted by four motor tor-, pedo boats, to open the National Maiitime Museum at Greenwich. Sirens' of tugs and freighters screamed greetings, and aeroplanes roared overhead. Great crowds were on the banks and also on moored lighters. There was an unrehearsed thrill when' passing Cleopatra’s Needle, when a ten-foot wave surged up the - Embankment, and knocked down several spectators. The King, replying to the address of welcome, recalled his own life in the navy. He said he was glad that the opening of the museum was one of the first ceremonies of his reign. The - British Commonwealth would never have come into existence but for the enterprise, courage and character of pur" seamen. The" qualities of Drake, Nelson and Franklin were as necessary to-day as ever. AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT LONDON. April 27. The Australian troops will go to Edinburgh, . entraining from Euston, on May 1, to become, guests of the Lord Provost on arrival. The programme includes tours of the Border districts, theatres, a civic luncheon, march along the famous Royal Mall on May 3, returning to Pirbright on May 4. The leaders of the contingent have decided to give ex-service men the opportunity of going to France, and are planning a tour of. the wargraves, possibly after the Coronation.