TRIUMPHIAL TOUR
JUBILEE NAVAL REVIEW
CROWDS AT WAT 151? FRONT
JUNO IN CAY .MOOD <Eloc. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Received July 17. 2 p.m.) LONDON, duly 16. At the. Jubilee naval review mori titan 250.000 spectators, many wearim bathing suits, lined the 12-mile waterfront.
Punctually to the minute, His. Majesty began an inspection of the fleet, standing on the bridge of the Victoria and Albert, his three sons standing behind him.
It was an 11-mile triumphal lour. The long, low flecks of the navy were lined by "bluejackets. As the King approached each ship, a bugle sounded and the crows took a pace forward and crossed hands on the rails. The marines presented arms on tho quarter dock of the flagship. His Majesty was in gay mood, and laughed and chatted happily. Ihe crowds ashore surged towards the water. Many women were pushed kneedeep into the sea.
The mercantile marine has not been represented at a naval review since the Diamond Jubilee in 1897,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 6
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