PARLIAMENT OPENS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1921, Page 3

PARLIAMENT OPENS.

’ ». Brilliant State Ceremonial. y IMPORTANT LEGISLATION f oreSH ado vv ed. .>y Eiocuic xoxogtapu —V/opyriijhl./ (Per Press Asao'cjauoii.; (Received ibis Lay, 9.25 a.m.) n Loudon, February 10. j 'fix© King’s Jspeecu at th& opening A 3 Parliament xoreshauowed a Bill to deal with it he liquor traffic in the .light or 3 experience gamed during the war. .i« was hoped to submit proposals for the retorm of the House or Lords this sesf sion, and the re-organisation of raiij ways. Dinse crowds lined the Royal route . tbo Parliament, j They showed that they still loved the picturesque pre-war , ceremonial, which was revived entirely except that bays were substituted for the cream Hanoverian ponies in the King’s State coach. The Life Guards and other bands wore their elaborate pre-war uniforms, while the Guards, in scarlet and) bearskins, lined the route. The Spanish, French, Japanese ana Italian ambassadors journeyed in the State coaches. , The King, Prince of Wales and Duke i of York were everywhere heartily acclaimed. His Majesty was attired.in a Field Marshal’s uniform. The Prince of Wales, for the first lime in public, wore the Welsh Guards’ full duress uniform with bearskin. Through the King’s forethought, crippled soldiers and orphans occupied a reserve outside Buckingham Palace, aud individual troops were similarly accommodated at other points.