KING'S VISIT TO INDIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14451, 25 May 1911, Page 5

KING'S VISIT TO INDIA.

THE OWiAT DUHBAIt. That a million liU'rliuii is to bo spent 011 the Coroimtion Durbar in India givca an idea ol tlto magnificent i;liaraclor ol tlio ceremonies unit inn li'iug iirr;iii|ii:<l und tile. liOl•|iCi)UbUuh» lit th° scenus in w)jn:li the King unci Quouu wiU bo tho central liguioa ut J>ullu. Kvorythiiig is to lie done on u. «r.Ju of lllJOXllMiplod spli'lldoU!', I.a befits :liv lirnt visit of u King'lCiiipoior and )u» consort to tho vaut ientury over wJutli they roigu. Although tho date of tlio, , Durbar in not yet oilicially /unwjuu'jod, thoro in n« doubt that it will bu on December I'2 tlu» j-tnir. It wim intended nt the first timt tlio ooiuuionj whould talto place in tlio fort at Di4lu, but timt proposal wait quickly abandoned, bis Majesty deciding that tb« \ buiuo Bito should bo used us in 1877 and 1003. A gigantic amphitheatre will b 0 constructed for the curcmiay. Iho decorations will be oa iv lavish. bcolo, nnd tlio actual service will inelude tho plnciii K of their crown* upon tlioir own bonds by tho King and ijuoen. A considerable portion of tin royal rcgulm will bo convoyed to India? moluding both Crowns, Their MajcS ties aro selecting a large suite to ait company thorn, and tfcy\rfn £avtl' •o a lrnor apecially chartered for tL» ooouKm with „ powerful *£% . °L w " ./<«"'«■ They reed to liombay «„<] froln , Uioro direct <o Delhi. Apart from tho actual Durbar, ■ tlier* wil lw nthS • «n K coromonio,,. I|™ , too arrival and passage of tho Kin? "jg Quoon an<l th'cir fi ' for win-Sh' 00 ;r ,ans .""V"* **• «h 5! ™L, j , y '° ' TOUI « ha* not Wn ™n« a circular paw that their Majesties will stay in Delia 10 or 12 daya, and it & expected that tho Kiii/will givo p r >. vale audiences to sonic of the mora important ruling prf.iW, w p J*J M» wn» of infantry and two divfejons 5 cavalry, with a quota of Imperm «S Sf JwT- rft^T* 0 will be'oTamp' ffiSfff, Aftor th ,o ceremonies at Demi have boon complotcd, the Kinjr bordirT d P tbo , a ' < ' r . ,|i - oli «» ' oorder, tor tor 10 diva tL 60 ' « nd n wil' than visit Calcutta! i,nV w* *, on ll9r ma>d«n voyage will have tiho honour of oonveyin/ (£» building yard on tho Clyde ja to to& the lung and Queen out to InSa ft? M«li; 0 „ JJurb,lr '«» »«lhiT iS S, of Ul <> WusT>. and! 5. fleet: sioft long, and witJl "■*• she will iTavo a displacement of jamj tons. li,o ongmos wil bo QuadniDU •xiwitßion of 14,000 Sled ,fn"l" 1 ' will 1» int wil ho Tbl - ¥ s Mnjoaty wm no n Wo to maintain d root ~om. v'„^A tlcn '" ordinary use 4firt ««* -