CONTRASTING CEREMONIES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13163, 23 January 1936, Page 6

CONTRASTING CEREMONIES.

MOU RNI X G V ACC f. AM AT lON. (Received 1.30 p.m.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Co j>y right. LONDON. January 22. (Sandringham 1 p.m.) While London is acclaiming the new King, a sacl procession of pilgrims from all parts of the country converged at Sandringham, as in according with the Qiu eu’s express orders, the Church of St. Mary Magdalene was opened to the general public and not merely the villagers. The first arrivals v aited hours in the cold for the doors to open, and filed slowly past the flag-draped coffin. on which lay the Queen's wreath of white chrysanthemums and orchids. The first to enter were two old women over eighty, who had lived on tin* Sandringham Estate all their lives and knew King George from childhood. The mourners exemplified the democracy so dear to King George’s heart, as wealthy peopie, ( lad in expensive fill's and conventional silk hats and morning suits, walked beside humble agricultural labourers. THE MASONR ORDER. THE KING AS HEAD. LONDON January 22. When lie* ascended the throne the late* King Edward resigned tho Grand Mastership of the United Grand Lodge and became the Protector of the Order of Freemasons, and if precedent is followed Edward the Eighth will resign the Provincial Grand Mastership of Surrey and assume the same title*. King Edward was also to have been installed as Grand Master Mason of Scotland.