CORONATION MEDALS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22724, 10 May 1937, Page 9

CORONATION MEDALS

OVERSEAS CONTIN.GENTS SIR H. CHAUVEL TO COMMAND (Received May 0. 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 8 General Sir Henry Chauvel, honorary colonel of the Ninth (North Auckland) New Zealand Mounted Rifles and the lOtli and loth Australian Light Horse Regiments, will command the overseas contingents at the distribution of the Coronation medals, which will take placo at Buckingham Palace on May 14. Sir Henry Chauvel was born in New South Wales and joined the Army in Australia. He was a Brigadier-General when the Great War broke out and became a general in 1929. He was connected with the Dominion troops at Gallipoli, Egypt and Sinai.

SYDNEY CELEBRATIONS CITY LAVISHLY DECORATEp RELEASE OF PRISONERS (Received May 0, 9.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 9 To mark the Coronation the New South Wales Government to-morrow will release 100 short-term prisoners in the gaols throughout the State. Elaborate preparations are being made at Sydney for the Coronation. The city already is lavishly beflagged and festooned. Night illuminations will be a feature.

The public celebrations will be on a large scale, with a military review on Wednesday, a harbour and fireworks pageant in the evening and band music in all parts of the city. WARSHIPS ON THAMES IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE VESSELS OPEN TO PUBLIC (Received May 9, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, May 8 The ships of the Home. Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, which are to be stationed on the Thames for the Coronation, arrived yesterday. Before noon they had taken up positions between Southend and the London Docks. The warships number 34 and will provide spectators with the most impressive display of naval strength seen for years. All the vessels will be open to the public until May 13, when they will proceed to Portsmouth in readiness for the Spithekd naval review on May 20. The Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, great officers of State and some of the Prime Ministers of the Dominions, including Mr. M <T. Savage (New Zealand) were among those who attended a full rehearsal of the Coronation service in Westminster Abbey this morning.