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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20722, 8 May 1937, Page 13 (Supplement)

DEAREST LITTLE PEOPLE, Next Wednesday is Coronation Day. Here in New Zealand we do not see much of the outward show that is part of the Coronation. We do not see the brilliant uniforms and splendid cavalcades. We do not see the delegations of Dominion representatives and foreign statesmen and nobles. We can only Imagine the splendour of our Monarch riding with his Queen in the golden State Coach to receive the crown that is the visible symbol of the unity of a Commonwealth of peoples of every race and creed. Coronation Day is a day of rejoicing for one quarter of the people on earth. When the King takes his Coronation oath it is as if these millions pledge themselves anew to live in peace and harmony. What a pity it is that there is not some simple way to bring the four quarters of the peoples of the world together. In Timaru, although we are divided from the Coronation ceremony by 12,000 miles, we, too, are joyful. We are glad because once more a good man has been chosen to rule over us and to hold together tiie great Empire of which we are part. We rejoice that, although many new and clever systems of government have been devised in various parts of the world, none offers more freedom than ours, the very old system of a Kingship. The Abbey Church of Westminster is very old and history lives in its mellow walls. To this Church have come Kings of different character and ruling over constantly changing realms. Next Wednesday the Abbey will take to itself another King and another tradition, for George VI. will be the first King to be crowned King since New Zealand, along with the other Dominions, became an equal partner in the great British Commonwealth. He is more than ever our King, and well might we all, with heart and voice, proclaim, “Long Live the