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CORONATION WEEK [ British Official Wirelew. 1 RUGBY, June 3. There was an echo in the House of Commons to-day of Coronation Day when crowds of unprecedented dimension thronged London streets till lafe at night, and of the following nights on which the West End was given over to jubilation and millions filled the streets to see the illuminations and decorations. Sir Samuel Hoare, the new Secretary of State for Home Affairs, told the House that the number of persons charged with drunkenness of all kinds in the whole of the metropolitan district during Coronation Week was 492. ABBEY CLOSED REMOVAL OF CORONATION SETTING Received June 6, 7.20 p.m. LONDON, June 5. Westminster Abbey in its Coronation setting, was closed to-day, when 15,199 paid 6d to see the splendours. The attendance has totalled 245,794 since <.e Abbey was opened on May 15.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 7
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