KING’S REVIEW

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1937, Page 5

KING’S REVIEW

OF BRITISH POWER A WODERFUL SPECTACLE. • United Press Association—By ElectrM Telegraph—Copyright) - (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 20. At the Naval Review, the spectators aggregated a million. The King’s command to put to sea was given and two tugs pulled the Royal yacht into the fairway, after which sffe proceeded under her own steam.

The King, in the full dress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, with a Sash of the Garter, stood on the bridge. Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth were beside him. Salvoes of the Royal salute of twentyone guns from each ship punctuating the .roar *of cheers afloat and’ashore, marked the Royal yacht’s emerging from the harbour mouth, while the ships’ bands struck up the National Anthem, and officers and men stood to attention on the upper decks. Thousand upon thousands of .spectators stood bareheaded ashore. Pennants and flags fluttered from every ship, which were in gala dress making a festival array of an area eight miles long, and live miles broad, as slowly the Royal yacht went down the lines of the might and majesty of the dominion and power. The central area was occupied by 135 ships, but reserves of the mercantile marine and others brought the total to 250.

Ten British, and six foreign Admirals flew their flags, the latter being aboard Greek’s Atveroff, Germany’s Graf Spee, Soviet’s Morat, Rumania’s Re 7 gina Maria, America’s New York, and France’s Dunkerque.

The Royal yacht completed its tour in one hundred minutes. It anchored at the, head of the Fleet while aeroplanes of the fleet air arm flew past in salute.