ROYAL WEDDING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10304, 2 March 1922, Page 3

ROYAL WEDDING.

THE PREPARATIONS. CROWDS IN THE STREET ALL 1 NIGHT. ! LONDON, Feb. 27. • Vast crowds are visiting the scenes I of to-morrows ceremonials, watching j eleventh hour preparations. They hcsoigcd the Palace precincts m the. J hope of seeing Princess Mary. After a long wait she and Viscount ‘ Lascelles emerged in a motor car : The crowd broke ranks and surround- , ed the car which was brought to a ■ standstill, amid a sea of waving hats, ' handkerchiefs and muffs. The mounted police eventually cleared the wavallowing the car to proceed. The J couple had a foretaste of populai entluisiaru when they motored the length of the Mall, bowing and smiling through an avenue of gratified | spectators. ■ Showers and a drizzle fell through out the night sadly verifying the official forecast, but this did not prevent crowds wending their way to Westminster. People began to assemble at one and two o’clock at Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square, but principally in tbe vicinity of Lie I Abbey, where hawkers in flowers and ; wedding favours did considerable i business. It was obvious that many j early coiners were from the theatio j and bad determined to stand the . night in the wet and discomfort) rather than risk the uncertainties of | transport traffic. La:ei the crowds, steadily increased, and towards | dawn the people were streaming j eagerly from all directions to advantageous positions. Many arrived during the night by motor cars m which they slept, until the police cleared the roads. ... ... The entire vicinity of the Abbey ibrilliantly lit. resembling mid-day. POPULAR SENTIMENT. Newspapers devote many columns of appreciations to Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, paying tribute to the former’s simplicity alia sincerity and to the latter a h QC character as a man and soldier. Illustrated papers have, all issued special wedding numbers with pages of pictures of the bride, and bride- , groom and other notabilities. The Morning Post happily summarises the popular sentiment as follows ; “There are troubles about us anxieties and much fearful looking forward to ills we know not yet. Wc drop all these to-day. Times must be a deal harder than they are that the Princess should wed a man of her choice and England not rejoice.” GUESTS. New Zealanders invited to the I Mihev in conned ion with the marriage'are. Cue Hon. Arthur Myers and Mrs Mvers, Colonel and Mrs Studholme,'Dr. and Mrs Irving, Sir John Salmon, Mosdames McEwan. Rolleston, Montgomery. Poniard. Myers. Kiddiford. and .Misses Allen and Burt. .. , The King and Queen gave the final ■pre-wedding party. r l he guests inclruled tenant farmers on the Kings estaDi and the Lascelles'- family eslateH’ SUNSHINE. LONDON, F hern ary 2S. There is bright sunshine and great 1 crowds to witness the wedding. IvEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S DIETS. WELLINGTON, Fell. 2S. Three wedding gift* for ITiaiess M?n v were contributed to hr the women of New Zealand - h> the Marys ,i( jin- Dominion in which (.luce bus been an association with the Marys of (he EmpiVe; the second by the V \ D ’’s and the Red Cross workers, and'tin; third by Dm women of New Zealand . , The latter is to take tnc form of • a present of New Zealand workmanchip.