ROYAL JUBILEE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20098, 3 May 1935, Page 9

ROYAL JUBILEE

AMAZING SCENES IN ENGLAND United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 2, 5.5 p.m.) . LONDON, May 1. There were amazing scenes in West End at midnight, when hundreds of thousands of people were still thronging the streets to see the decorations The traffic, for one period, was at a standstill for the whole length of Regent Street, and along Oxford Street as far as the Marble Arch.

LOYAL HOMAGE OF YOUTH ADDRESS BROUGHT BY RELAYS TO LONDON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 2, 7.50 p.m.) LONDON, May 2. The Duke of York was the central figure at the Boys Brigade demonstration in Albert Hall. The Duke received an address of loyalty to the King, which 2000 brigade members brought to London in relay runs all day and all night from John O’Groats, Londonderry and other comers of the United Kingdom. The message included reference to the loyal homage of thousands of brigade members in the Dominions. PLANS FOR MONDAY WILL NOT BE ALTERED BY WEATHER British Official Wireless (Received May 2, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, May 1. It is announced that the programme for Monday’s Jubilee celebrations will be carried out as arranged, regardless of the state of the weather. If it rains, however, the King and other members of the Royal Family will travel to St. Paul’s Cathedral in closed instead of open landaus. The weather to-day was cheerless and wet, but there was very little diminution in the crowds thronging the London streets—particularly the procession routes to see the decorations —and there was an exceptionally large number outside Buckingham Palace throughout the day. The final military arrangements for Jubilee Day, including the drafting of contingents to the number of 14,000, to line the precession route, were approved by the King. Nearly 12,000 police will be on duty in central London on Monday. The sites for London’s 27 bonfires, of which one, in Hyde Park, will be lighted by the King at 9.55 p.m., have been chosen. Altogether in a complete chain throughout the country there will be 1750 fires. Four thousands guests, representative of all parts of the Empire, have been invited to take part in the St. Paul’s thanksgiving service.