KING'S JUBILEE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22094, 27 April 1935, Page 13

KING'S JUBILEE

•AUCKLAND OBSERVANCE STREETS TO BE DECORATED ILLUMINATIONS AND BONFIRES LARGE CEREMONIAL PARADE Arrangements for the celebration in Auckland of the silver jubilee of the King are slowly taking shape, and it is expected that by tho middle of next week the preparations will be well forward. The celebrations will take placeduring the week beginning on Monday, May 6, but the principal functions w?ll take place on that day. Throughout tho week the streets will be decorated with buuting, while the Town Hall and a number of the principal Government buildings will be illuminated at night. Features of the celebrations on May 6 will be a military review at the Domain, appropriate church services and 6ports fixtures at the Domain and the Western Springs Stadium. The day •Bill be a full holiday for all schools, and a paid holiday for Government servants and' employees of the Auck- ' land City Council The Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, has asked employers to show the same consideration to their work-people. The pay of relief workers for the week ending to-day will be increased by 50 per cent, while those who would' ordinarily be called upon to work on May 6 will be paid for that day without working. j Fiejry Hilltop Beacons The decorations to be carried out by the City Council include the illumination of the Town Hall, which will be outlined with strings of electric bulbs. Festoons of bunting are to be hung across Queen Street as was done on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of Gloucester. A striking sight will be presented on the night of May 6 by the bonfires which are to be lighted on Mount Eden and Mount Victoria, at Devonport. These will be lighted by Boy Scouts and will form part of a chain of such fires to be lighted throughout the Dominion. On the same day the King will light a beacon fire in Hyde Park, London, as a signal for the lighting of a chain of fires by Boy Scouts throughout Britain. The Mayor and town clerk and many members of the City Council will attend the service of thanksgiving to be held in St. Matthew's Church on the morning of May 6. This service w|lj be a replica of the service to be held in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and will be. broadcast by IYA. A united service will also be held in the Baptist Tabernacle in the evening, under the auspices of the Auckland Council of Christian Congregations Spectacular March-Past So far no details are available as to the nature of the sports gatherings which it is hoped to arrange for May 6. The City Council has decided to make the Domain Cricket Ground and the stadium available free of charge to any sports body on that day, on i condition that the public is admitted free. Ail units of the New Zealand Military Forces, including cadet battalions, Stationed in Auckland will take part in the ceremonial parade, which will be held in the Domain on May 6 in place of the usual King's Birthday parade on -June 3. In addition to the military forces, there will be' detachments from' the Royal Navy, the lloyal New Zealand Air Force and the Auckland Divisi6n of the Royal Naval [Volunteer Reserve. There will be approximately 3500 of all ranks in the march-past. The parade, which 'will commence at 9.45 a.m., will be reviewed by Captain the Hon. E. R. Drummond, commodore of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. Colonel J. E. Duigan, Northern Command, will be in charge of the parade. Massed bands will be commanded by Captain V. J. Innes, with Honorary Lieutenant F. Bowes as musical director. The bands will be those of the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Auckland Mounted Rifles, the Northern Command Artillery, Ist Battalion, Auckland Regiment, Ist Battalion, North Auckland Regiment, and 2nd Cadet Battalion (Grammar School). Post Office Floodlights Entrance to the grandstand and enclosure will be by invitation only, except in the case of officers in full dress uniform, who will be admitted to the enclosure without tickets. In the event of its being necessary to cancel the parade, the ; Royal Salute will be fired from the Domain at 8 a.m. Officers of the Public Works De- •- partment are now arranging for the decoration and illumination of the Chief Post' Office. The plans provide for the adornment of the building with bunting symbolical of the occasion, and its illumination with floodlights and electric lamps in rows and clusters. The Government Buildings in Customs -- Street will also be decorated. PROPOSALS AT HAMILTON ■/ PROCESSION AND SPORTS [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Friday Arrangements for the celebration of the King's Jubilee have been considered by the Hamilton Borough Council. A report from a special committee stated that the primary school authorities #pre not prepared to arrange a sports meeting on May 6. However, it had been suggested that there should be a procession to include senior scholars from the primary schools, representatives of the secondary schools, bands, territorial units and other organisations. The procession should proceed through Victoria ' Street to the Ferry Bank or Memorial Park, where addresses could be delivered and music played, the function to conclude about noon. The council decided that an en- * deavour should be made to give effect to this proposal, and it allocated £25 to cover the expenses. It also decided to grant £25 to the Hamilton Amateur Sports Club in bonnection with its King's Jubilee meeting at Steele Park. On the morning of May 10 tho school children will be entertained free of charge "at local picture theatres.