REVIEW OF POLICE

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1935, Page 5

REVIEW OF POLICE

INSPECTION BY THE KING. FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 p.m. London, July 20. For the final review of the King’s jubilee 10,000 policemen from all parts of Britain were drawn up in Hyde Park to-day in two lines flanked by mounted police and mechanised squads. The review was unique as a sovereign had not previously inspected the police. Despite showers of rain, Their Majesties drove in an open landau along the blue-coated line, among which the plainclothed Scotland Yard police, headed by top-hatted, morning-coated chiefs, received Their Majesties with the Royal salute, standing to attention while a band played the National Anthem.

Lord Trenchard, Police Commissioner, led three cheers for the King, after which Their Majesties drove along the line and received a great ovation from 25,000 spectators. The weather misbehaved for the first time in the jubilee celebrations when a shower accompanying the march past forced Their Majesties to retire to shelter in the Royal pavilion. Pipers played the Scottish police past. Only Ulster was not represented, the riots necessitating all remaining on duty.