SILVER JUBILEE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 May 1935, Page 9

SILVER JUBILEE

DENSE CROWDS IN WEST END QUEEN VIEWS DECORATIONS GREETED WITH THUNDEROUS CHEERS (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 2nd May. The Queen mingled with dense Jubilee crowds in the West End, her car slowly threading its. way through congested streets for" ninety minutes while she viewed the decorations. The shopping crowd everywhere greeted her with enthusiasm. She smilingly waved response to thunderous cliers. SPECIAL GRANT SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (Received 4th May, 9.45 a.m.) ADELAIDE, This Day. Cabinet decided to make a special grant of £SOOO to the King’s Jubilee Fund inaugurated by the Commonwealth Government in the interests of maternal and child welfare. . The Acting-Premier, Mr Ritchie, said in addition to this gift the South Australian Government would disburse about £IO,OOO to unemployed as a feature of the Jubilee celebrations. CANCER RESEARCH FUND WELLINGTON COUNCIL’S CONTRIBUTION (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Wellington City Council gave £SOO yesterday to the King’s Jubilee Cancer Research Fund, doubling the sum the Mayor, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, proposed as a lead for the approval of members. THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL TO BE BROADCAST The following details of the Thanksgiving Service on Monday, 6th May, 10.05 a.m. G.M.T., at St. Paul’s Cathedral are now available: A Thanksgiving Service for the protection afforded to the King’s Majesty during the twenty-five years of hi 3 auspicious reign, ordered by the Lords of His Majesty’s' Most Honourable Privy Council, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London. The National Anthem (verse 1); hymn, All People that on Earth do Dwell (A. and M. 16G; E.H. 365); versicles and responses; venite, Psalm 95, O Come, Let' us Sing unto the Lord; Psalm. 121, I will lift up mine eyes unto the Hills; lessons, Joshua 1,7, 8, arid 9; Revelation XXI., 10, 11, 23 and 24; hymn, I Vow to Thee, my Country, all .Earthly Things Above (S.P. 319); or City of God, how Broad and Far (E.H. 375; S.P: 468); address by his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; hymn, O God of Jacob, by Whose Hand (A. arid M. 512) ; thanksgiving; suffrages and prayers; Te Deum; blessing; the National Anthem (verses 1 and 3). L »'■ The service will be broadcast by the 8.8. C., the commentator being Commander Stephen King-Hall, R.N. The service will he preceded by a description of the arrival of Their Majesties the King and Queen at' Temple Bar and the scenes outside the Cathedral, and will be followed by a description of the departure of Tlieir Majesties from tlie Cathedral. The most suitable broadcast for New Zealand is the transmission of an electrical recording at 4.45 p.m. on Wednesday, Bth May. A- In order to faciltate the world-wide propagation of this service, the following wave-lengths will he used:— GSF 15,140 kilocycles (19.82 meters); GSG 17,790 kilocycles (10.86 meters). FULL PROGRAMME OF FESTIVITIES A comprehensive programme has been arranged in Great Britain . for national celebrations of the Kings Silver Jubilee. It is, as follows: — Gtli May: Tlie King, accompanied by Queen Mary, will drive through the -streets of London to St. Pauls Cathedral for a thanksgiving service. The King broadcasts a message to his Empire. Bth May: The King receives representatives of the Empire and representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, 11.30 a.m., at St. James’s Palace. 9th May: The Lords and Commons present addresses to the King, 11.30 a.m., Westminster Hall. Their Majesties give State dinner at Buckingham Palace. 11th, 18tli, 25th May and Bth June: Their Majesties drive through different parts of London (weather permitting). . lltli May: The Prince of Wales visits Cardiff. Tlie Duke of York visits Edinburgh. The Duke of Gloucester visits Befast. 12th May: Thanksgiving Sunday. 14tli May: State ball at Buckingham Palace. 20th May: State dinner (second) at Buckingham Palace. 22nd May: Tlieir Majesties at reception and ball given by the x. Lord Mayor and Corporation, Guildhall. 31st May: The King holds a Levee, St James’s Palace. 3rd June: Trooping the Colour on the King’s Birthday, Horse Guards’ Parade. sth June: The Derby, Epsom, near London. 13th June: State ball (second) at Buckingham Palace. 15tli, 17th, 18th June: Cricket, England South Africa '(fitst 'Test match), Nottingham. 15th June: Empire Service, Canterbury Cathedral. 25th, 20th June: Their Majesties Courts, Buckingham Palace. 29th June, Ist, 2nd July: Cricket, England v. South Africa (second Test match), Lord’s Cricket Ground. Loudon. 6th July: The King reviews the Royal Air Force, Mildenliall and Duxford, Eakt Anglia. 9th, 10th July: The King holds Investitures at Buckingham Palace. I.3th July: The King reviews the Army, "Aldershot, near London. 13lh, 15th, 16th July: Cricket, England

v. South Africa (third Test" f ,ma£cli), « Leeds. , ' *, ,"'~7 ,■ i ICtli July: The King reviews tile Fleet, * Spitliead. . ...... ~, <• 20th July: The King " inspects Hid >_ Police, Hyde Park, London, i i > 251 K July: Their Majesties’ '.Garden * Party, 'Buckingham Palace. * 27tli, 29th, 30tli July:' Cricket, Eiiglimd v. South Africa (fourth* Test' match) Manchester. •’ *. 17th, 19tli, 20th August: Cricket, £-Eng- * land v. South Africa (fifth Test X match), Keiiniiigton Oval, London. y