EMPIRE DAY IN LONDON
SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S
ROYALTY To ATTEND (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2, p.m. RCCRV. May 22. K-inpire Day will be celebrated on Monday, and in London, central features of the celebrations will he ;v service at St. Paul's -which will also be regarded as a service of thanksgiving for the Coronation. The King and Queen, and Queen Mary, together with 21 other members of the Royal Family will attend. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and most of his Cabinet colleagues, as well as the Prime .Ministers and others representing the Dominions and representatives of India and the Colonial Empire will also be present. In their procession down St. Paul's. whore they will be, received by the Bishop of London, and the dean and chaplain, the King and Queen will be preceded by the Lord Mayor of London, bearing the City's, Pearl Sword. An interesting feature of the service is that- the first lesson will be read by the Prime Minister of Canada, and the second by the .Moderator of the Federal Council of the. Evangelical Free Church. The Archbishop of York will preach the sermon. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19332, 24 May 1937, Page 6
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