JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5

JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

More Than 2000 Local Bodies Making Preparations PRINCE OF WALES’ APPEAL OVER £32,000 RAISED SO FAR

[British Official Wireless.) Received 1 p.m. to-day. ■RUGBY, April 23. More than two thousand local authorities in Britain are completing their preparations for next month’s silver jubilee celebrations. In most cases the counties have voted funds for decorations and illuminations. Bonfires, processions ana treats for young and old, in addition to thanksgiving services, are to be features common to most local celebrations. It is, however, certain that the major spectacles, including the Royal procession and the processional drives, will bring numbers .of sightseers to London, and most elaborate arrangements have been made for the orderly handling, of the crowds.

All along the routes of the main procession platforms have been erected, and on every available site are pylons draped in blue and gold and surmounted by Royal emblems. Elsewhere schemes for the decoration of streets and buildings are being Tapidly advanced.

Among the distinguished visitors to London for the occasion, the Dominion Prime Ministers will take a prominent place. Some of the many Indian rulers who will take part in the celebrations have already arrived, and others are on their way to England. A record response has been received to the Prince of Wales’ recent broadcast appeal on behalf of the jubilee trust which is to be administered in the interests of the youth of Britain. The appeal was addressed to all classes of the community, and small subscribers were invited to send donations in unstamped envelopes. Over £32,000 has already been received in such a way. A further 10,000 letters have vet to be opened, and more are arriving by every post.

STAMP DESIGNS APPROVED The King has approved of the design of the jubilee stamps, of which the 3d and 24d issues will be available for two months from May 7. They are twice the size of the ordinary stamps, but the colours are unchanged. The photogravure process strongly contrasts light and shade. The symbols include laurel and oak leaves, acorns, olive branches and the Royal Crown. Jubilee day will be the anniversary of the introduction of the first adhesive stamp in 1840, of which only 41,600 could be printed, daily, compared with 15,'000,000 nowadays.' 'Specially designed postal orders are also being printed.