BRITISH POLICE
A JUBILEE REVIEW TEN THOUSAND GREET KING. Received July 21, 7.50 p.m. LONDON, July 20. J-or the final Jubilee review, 10,000 policemen from all parts of Britain were drawn up in Hyde Park in two lines Hanked by mounted police and mechanised squads. The review was unique, as a sovereign had not previously inspected the police. Despite showers, Their Majesties drove in an open landau along the bluecoated line, among which plaint-clothed Scotland lard police, headed by tophatted morning-coated chiefs, received Their Majesties with the Royal Salute, standing at attention while the band played the National Anthem. Lord Irenchard led in three cheers for the King, after which Their Majesties drove along the line and received a great ovation from a quarter of a million spectators. The weather misbehaved for the first time in the Jubilee celebrations, when a shower accompanying the march past forced Their Majesties to retire to the shelter of the Royal pavilion. 1 qmis played the Scottish police past. (Inly Ulster was not represented the riots necessitating all remainin.. „„ duty. °
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 169, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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176BRITISH POLICE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 169, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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