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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20477, 1 December 1934, Page 1

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London Resumes Work After ! Festivities. 8.8. C. AND POLICE PRAISED. British Official Wireless. (Received December 1, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, November 30. The Lord Mayor of London has received the following telegram from the Duke and Duchess of Kent:—“We join in thanking the citizens of London for their good wishes, and feel deeply touched by their kind thought of us on our wedding day. “ George and Marina.” After yesterday’s celebrations, London this morning resumed its normal life. The festivities, however, continued long into the night. Restaurants and theatres were packed, and for hours great crowds walked through the streets inspecting the decorations. The crowds were thickest at the palace and at Westminster, and queues waited until a late hour to pass through the Abbey, where everything had been left as it had been during the wedding service, even to the silken cushions on which the bride and bridegroom kneeled before the altar. There were general tributes to the unparalleled technical feat by the engineers of the British Broadcasting Corporation in achieving such a wonderful relay of the Abbey service, and to the police arrangements, whereby the unprecedented crowds were managed with the utmost smoothness and good humour. There was not a single instance even of excessive exuberance to mar the great public festival. The King and Queen are leaving Buckingham Palace to-morrow to spend a few days at Sandringham. The Duke of Kent has arranged to stay at Himley Hall until the middle of Pecember, when he will pay a short visit to Buckingham Palace with his wife. Later they will visit Sandringham for Christmas. PRIVACY RESPECTED. Newspapers Publish Little About Royal Couple. (Received December 1, 1.55 p.m.) LONDON, November 30. Newspapers which yesterday carried hundreds of thousands of words of the wedding, to-day barely mention the Royal couple, respecting their wish to be allowed a few days’ privacy. The Duke and Duchess of Kent rode in the park before breakfast and played golf in the morning. LONDON’S CARNIVAL. Streets Thronged All Night With Merrymakers. LONDON, November 30. London went carnival mad to-night. Never have there been such crowds in West End streets since the armistice. Hotels, restaurants, theatres and cinemas were all crowded out. Gala dances lasting all night were held at many hotels. PHOTOGRAPHS FEATURED. LONDON, November 30. A feature in the newspapers is a won- . derful display of photographs of the Royal wedding. l Most editorials refer to the “vast - unsefin company,” meaning the radio - listeners.