THE CORONATION

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1937, Page 9

THE CORONATION

INDIAN PRINCESS Journey by Air (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received April 23, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. Thc Maharani of Jodhpur arrived from Karachi by air to witness the Coronation. She was enabled, by re. markable precautions to maintain her lifelong “purdah,” necessitating neither man nor woman who was not of the Maharaja’s or Maharani’s caste, gett. ing a glimpse of the Maharani’s heavily veiled face or touching her food. The Maharaja, despite an income of €BO.OOO, was unable to hire a special ’plane. Accordingly, he reserved a cabin in a K.L.M. ’plane, in which the crew were locked in the cockpit at each end of the stage until the Maharani left the ’plane and reached her private room finally at Croydon. The Mahaiani left the ’plane by a canvas-covered tunnel and! entered a motor-car, the windows of which were painted oyer. She drove to London, where she is similarly secluded. ANOTHER REHEARSALLONDON;. April 22The Duke of Norfolk used a stop watch to time the Coronation rehearsals at Westminster Abbey, the second of which was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke and. Duchess of KentThe Duke of Gloucester, who, as the senior Duke in the Royal Family, will kneel before the King, knelt before

the place the King will occupy- The Duke of Kent knelt nearby in a section reserved for Peers- Both repeated the words of the oath of homage-

Thc King has directed that a per, sonal message of sympathy and goodwill be sent to ex-servieeinen in hospitals throughout the Empire on the occasion of the. Coronation-

It was stated in the Hoime of Commons that the estimated expenditure from public funds on the Coronation would be £689,400.

Mr Duff Cooper,, speaking at the Institute of Industrial Psychology, said: “I believe tho experiment of issuing blue uniforms to troops attending the Coronation will be a success. I hope to extend it to the whole army after the Coronation.” VIENNA, April 22-

Karl Riemer, aged fifty-two, an unemployed Viennese, is setting out for London on roller skates, to see the Coronation. Calais to Dover will bo the only stage on which any other form of transport will be used.