THE CORONATION
THE HOLIDAY QUESTION. GOVERNMENT DECISION. WELLINGTON, Monday. Coronation Day, Wednesday, 12tli ”JJay, will be observed as a holiday by all Government Departments and local bodies. Private employers are not required to observe the day as a statutory holiday, but are being asked by the Government to co-operate. The broadcast of what is known as the “Empire Homage Programme,” which will, be one of the features of the Coronation ceremony on 12th May, will be received in New Zealand between 5.50 o’clock and 6.40 o’clock (New Zealand time) on the morning of 13th May, and it will be rebroadcast fromMAe four main national stations at AuckHid, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It. is proposed to record- the programme here as it comes through, and thiV will be rebroadcast again at 5.30 p.m. on the 13tli. A Maori speaker wall convey the greetings of the Dominion from this end, and a sailor will speak. Both are (anonymous. The Prime Minister, who will be m London for the Imperial Conference, will speak on behalf of their respective Dominions. The programme will be concluded by a talk by the newly-crowned King, who will be heard from 6.30 a.m. to 6.40 a.m. New Zealand time.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 4 May 1937, Page 5
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