KING'S JUBILEE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 8

KING'S JUBILEE

- DOMINION CELEBRATIONS A CHAIN OF BONFIRES SCOUTS TAKE UP PROPOSAL. [ Per Preae Association ) , WELLING IUN. April 30Arrangements fur the official Nets Zealand Government ceremonies in con- (1 nectiun with the King s silver jubilee j on Munday next have nc-w been completed. Monday is to be a paid holi- ( day lor alt Government employees, j. including casual labourers and those Q working under awards. j. In acquainting local bodies throughout the Dominion with this decision, the Government has asked that a similar policy should be adopted by ( luval oodies’ It also invites employ- ( era throughout the Dominion to fall into line, aud asks that similar consideration be given to all woikers where the circumstances permit. Ke- 1 plies to hand indicate that the Government's request has been received favourably by local bodies. A religidus service, at which addresses will be given by Viscount Gal- ’ wav aud Hun. l. A. Ransom, will be held at JL a.m. on the steps o\ Parliament Buildings. This will be followed by a march past of troops, \ is- 1 count Galway taking the salute from a dais on the steps of Parliament House. z The Dominion organisation of the f Boy Scouts' Association has been in- i vited, and has cordially agreed, to c light a chain of bonfires throughout 1 lhe Dominion. To this end the Depart- I ments of Land and Survey and lores- \ try, are co-opeiating with the various branches of the Boy Scouts’ Association, with the object of facilitating arrangements, and also seeing that due care is exercised to avoid the destruction of native bush. The bon fire chain will be similar to that proposed in Great Britain. VISITORS TO LONDON THOUSANDS SEE DECORATIONS. ( British Official Wireless. ) ( RUGBY, April 29. ( London had a foretaste during the { week-end of the great crowds to be expected during Jubilee Week. Hun- ; dreds of thousands of people in cars ( and on foot paraded through the . streets to see the decorations and ’ watch the floodlighting rehearsals. So great was the crush that special police 5 reinforcements were required to direct traffic. It is estimated that Loudon's Jubilee visitors will exceed 500,000, these including a great number from the British Dominions as well as many from the United States and Europe. All of the Dominion and other Prime Ministers in London for the Jubilee will drive in procession to St. Paul’s Cathedral for next Monday’s thanksgiving service. The latest Qominion Prime Minister to ar- 1 rive is General Hertzog, who reached 1 Southampton from Capetown. In a J brief statement he conveyed cordial < greetings from the people of South 1 Africa to those of Britain, ending with t sincere congratulations on “the great j and happy event which will shortly be i commemorated throughout the Com- j monwealth, and whch to them no less < than to you will constitute an occasion of deep-felt joy and gratitude.” j A chain of 750 beacons to be lit on ; Jubilee night throughout the country j have been completed by Boy Scouts. , The Daily Telegraph understands * that about 30 bands provided by regu- ] lars. territorials and police, will be stationed along the jubilee procession route to entertain the waiting crowds. ' POSTAL CONCESSIONS A PRECEDENT FOLLOWED. [ British Official Wireless. ] Received April 30, 5.5 p.m. RUGBY, April 29. The precedent of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, when important postal concessions took effect, will be followed <?u the occasion of the King s silver jubilee. The Postmaster-Gen-eral announced in Lhe House, of Commons that they will include firstly a reduction in telegram charges to a. new rate from May 31 of 6d for nine words and a penny for each additional word; secondly a new parcels scale of 6d for three pounds with a penny for each additional pound up to nine pounds, and at flat rale of a shilling for from 9 to Jslbs.; thirdly, an extension of the telephone service, making the telephone by the end of 3936 as readily available in. the rural and remote parts of the country as in the cities and towns, and involving the installation of an additional 1000 telephone call offices; and, finally an improvement, in Empire communications by the introduction on June 15 of an Imperial penny po.'itcard rate instead of three halfpence. As a special Jubilee concession between May 6 and May 31, the Standard radio tidephone rates between Britain and the Dominions and India will be reduced by nne half.