THE KING’S JUBILEE
WET OR FINE WEATHER. PROGRAMME TO BE FULFILLED, A CHAIN OF BONFIRES, (OfflcUJ Wireless.); (Received May 2, noon.) RUCBY, May i. It I& announced that the programme for Monday’s jubilee celebrations,will be carried out as arranged regardless of the state of the weather. If it rains, however, the King and other members of the Royal Family will travel to St. Paul’s cathedral in closed instead of open landaus. The weather to-day was oheerless and wet, but there was very little diminution of the orowds thronging the London streets, particularly the routes of .the prooesslon, to see the deoorations, and there was an exceptionally large number outside Buckingham Palace throughout the day.
The Military Arrangements.
The Anal military arrangements for Jubilee Day, including the drafting ol contingents to the number of 14,000 to line the prooesslon route, were approved by the King. Nearly 12,000 police will be on duty in central London on Morday. The sites for 'London’s 27 bonfires, of which one in Hyde Park will be lighted by ilie King at 9.55 p.m., have been chosen. Altogether, in the complete chain throughout the country, there will be 1750 fires.
Four Ibousand guests, representative of all parts ox the Empire, have been invited to take part in the St. Paul’s 'Cathedral .thanksgiving service.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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