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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1952.
Coronation
seats
will cost £3 10s.
CEATS for 98,000 people—
they would stretch 27 miles if placed end to end- are to be put up by the Government for next year's Coronation.
Mr David Eccles, the 47- year-old Minister of Works, said the price of the seats on the
has not seven-mile route been worked out.
yet
They look like costing £3 10s. for an uncovered seat, and £5 its, for one under cover.
The full cost will be charged, zald Mr Eccles, Тахрауста should not be asked to subsidise those fortunate enough to get a scot.
None of the seats will be allo- cated to individuals. All will go to organisations, and steps well be taken to prevent resale of the tickets,
The question of televising the ceremony in the Abbey was un- der consideration,
Mr Eccles mid the traditions inherited from the past would be most rupulously observed "In the most moving and glorious pageant of the world."
It would be a pageant of Empire--the greatest ever seen in this country.
The Empire Visitors
"Our aim here," said Mr. Eccles, "is to give the Queen and her people the impression of a pageant passing through all the countries of the great Common- wealth."
Special stands are to be put up all round St. Margaret's,
Westminster, which will hold about 15,000 people. At least half of these seats will be for visitors coming from Common wealth countries and the colo-
nies.
Mr Eccles said: "We want everyone, even from the furthest
comers of the earth who looks towards the Queen, to find his flog or emblem prominently dis- played."
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had. therefore given Instructions for a single design Pariamant Square and Broad Sanctuary which would include and represent all the realms and territories of which the Queen is head.
The Ministry of Works was voted £350,000 for the 1937 Eccies. cororation, Bald Me Since then costs had trebled. Ho hope to provide a better show next year and would be glad if he could do it at double the cost of the King George VI corona- Uion-£700,000.
"Of course, the Ministry of Works cannot provide nearly enough seating room to provide for the great Invasion of visi- tors already clamouring-far be yend anything we have known before," he said.
Setting The Stage
"The Ministry of Works," he said, "are the builders, decuATO-
and slage tors, electricians, hands for this pageant.”
They had to set the stage and Luild a theatre inside. Wost- minster Abbey. They had to provide viewpoints. They had
to arrange flowers, Bloodlighting, fireworks and other expressions of public rejoicing.
In due course he would re- ceive a warrant · from the Eart Marshal, the
Duke of Norfolk, to take over authorising him control of Westminster Abbey from the Dean and Chapter.
The work of preparation in 1937
on for five months. went There was no need to be sur- prised at the length of ume.
In 1937 there were seats for 7,000 guests in the Abbey. They were so squeezed that nobody was allowed to take a wrap or a cloak in to the ceremony.
THE BIGUM OF JUNAGADH She speaks of blackmail.
Sitting On The Fence
By.... NATHANIEL
GUBBINS
A PRINCESS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
-1940 there
and the cause of death tuber-- culosis. That might have been for the end of thọ atory-but an accident.
A policeman was making a check of the register
made.
tho
Karachi. It was stated that Bano, when routine
yeate old, was taken to kept by a Moslem association OR six months now the nine
palace which
arranges burials. One world's most extra the thaum's Junagadh
for service without the per name was missing from the re- ordinary murder trial mission a! her parenta
zlater. Inquiries were or has
Britain rave It was found that the unnamed in brothers. When beon going on
had been taken to body Was Karachi. Before the court is up India In
the Begum's graveyard from fighting In Junagadh as eliks one of the great Princesses whore, Junagadh was occupied house. It was exhumed.
The hearing India Her Highness by Indian troops, The Nawab
of the
chargo Munawar
which and
nod Jahan,
Begum
to against the Begum opened on of the Pakistan territory: they went February 17 in the Karachi gaol, means Lady
air to Karachi.
and The girt She chewed betel leaves 'Illuminated World. She is by
through the procedings which lived dressed us for a reception with
round her right arm.
Photographs of the dead girl's taken afbir exhumation
of
his
the senior Begum (that is to went with them. So did the sat
Begum's 200 do say wife) of the Nawab of Junagadh, a native state near Bombay.
The Begum, 50 years old, is accused of killing "ons, of her own Bervants. a girl of 13 named Bano. It is alleged that the Begum
beat the girl to death with her own hands, alded by other servants.
This is the Arst sime since Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India that a native princess has ever been arrested and accused of a crime.
with mr in luxury. They have a green silk luck talisman tied since been sold.).
There was rioting in Junagadh and Bano's father was killed, face
★ From Pakistan, the China Mail's Special Correspondent reports the strange case of The Lady of the Illuminated World, accused of killing her servant.
and
in
The slory started on Monday, January 20. On that day the Begum (after a very profitable
exhibited in court. The Sunday at the races) was celo Her mother decided to flee to were brating the birth of her
In Brgum asked particularly to sec first Karachi with her two song
She took off her, smoked grandson. Gorgeously bejewelled Karachi they got work in an then.
群 hut glasses and examined them with she was receiving the guests in ice factory; fiey built ber Kamacht mansion when two out of sacking rags and dia- great interest. She showed no
they emotion. Bano's stepfather with policemen
the carded newspapers; entered
evidence saict she tried to get in touch with Bano, his warrant.
Then according to the police They were unable to do so. amployed by the Bogum at a
salary of 10 rupess (218) the Begum went into a violent They went to the polico.
month. rage. She shouted: "Five hun- dred servants cleaned my palace in Junagadh, I did what I liked with
them. Today I am being arrested for the murder of a 13-year-old chattel. What im pudence!
to
She ordered her servants pack a suitcase for her. Then she went out to her car escorted by police. Two molds went with her to gaol.
According to five main pro- socution witnesses-Including a police officer, a doctor and two other maidservants Bono was beaten to death, by the Begum herself and her maida.
have
The Begum is said to become enraged brcause the giri used her toilet articles: and to have ordered red pepper to be put on the girl's body.
It is alleged that for three
died she was days before Bano kept handcuffed, tied with thick ropes and deprived of food and drink. On the fourth day she
Other policemen starched the S the Arch Druid of you between now and next mansion. They were joined by
Wales withheld the
Sunday
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23): It two coolice, who said that Bang, the murdered girl was their poetry prize at the you are taking your holidays only sister. They alleged that National Eisteddfod at
now, it will rain steadily for s she was brought to Karachi died.
years ogo without their Her body, was buried quietly: Aberystwyth because none fortnight. If you are still work-four
Her age was submitted ing in your office, there will knowledge from Junagadh. of the
poems
reached the required stan- be a heat wave. Funny how even the weather is against you,
dard, perhaps he will con- sider awarding the silver crown and £25 to me for the following:
Wales is small but does
lack
Men with big ideas, boy First Lloyd George and
Nye Bewun
not
Visualised a social 'caven Where all Tories go to 'ell Well, oh well, oh well, well,
weli.
All in
organ
Wates can
play the
Isn't it?
every
the
given as
Was
the
The Begum has insisted upon her innocence throughout
days trial and has sold that she was being blackmailed. She Bano died after an illness of four or five days.
|
Her counsel argue that the Begum because of her Royal Etatus is immune from tho of tho Pakistan jurisdiction courts.
While the trial goes on the Begum lives in a cell where a installed generator specially provides har with electric light, Four of her maidservants are in forty attendance on her,
Nazis Thought Colditz
Was
Escape-proof
By PETER LOVEGROVE
VIRGO (Aug, 24 Sept. 23): This week ill fortune dogs you even In your sleep. Bad luck in business, bad temper at home, followed by bad dreama. LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct 23): bach; Your misfortunes start lomor-
then row,
get worse every day, reach a
climax at week-end. Heaven help you on Sunday,
SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov, 22): One of the differences between you and a dog is that
OLDITZ, dog has its day. But you won't,
grim with his opposite numbers, and all prisoners wore counted
that
plans they went in and came out of cscape Try not to envy dogs 37
mediaeval castle built ensure
not coincided, Information was the compound, ho was torrible week drags on
on a cliff over the
pooled and Instruments were missed as a tiny Belgian had SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -
River Mulde between shared and he spent his time been "smuggled in" by riding the clook 22): All 'ave music in their bones to
1,000 lucky numbers-1
Unlucky Leipzig, Dresden and Chem- helping others to confound their pick-a-back under
ars until he himself success of a fellow-prisoner and came
out in his own right. Trefor Jones and Parry Jones;
1942, All the Robertass and chards. Call you can see in anitz, was used by the Ger- cap'or until he him
When
Lebrun rainbow. Unlucky
Zell, night All the Williamses and Prit- day, Monday, Tuesday, Wed-mana as a punishment pri- The men of Colditz were in-
civilian clothes changed tunnollers one tunnel chards,
and made the
rail-. nesday, Thursday, Friday and son for officer prisoners of
started under actually
occupied by the way station.
unfortunate- ; Laugh that one off.
The Nazis thought it was desk
German
100-mark note which had just been withdrawn from circula- Surrounded on three sides by Major on the principle that the
most unlikely places
the wha
station master werd
the They saics
brilliant tion, and water, it has outside walls
called up the camp. For this ONCE again Dr Gubbins, the precipices which fall into deep
perfect re- warts and
other he was sent to, solitary confine- seven feet thick, the courtyard forgers, turning out
pilens of is 250 feet above river level, ently de
ment in the castle. leave and But
Reid, writes
"The sol
Smolim
Griffiths, Jones, and Morgan
Morgan;
All the Evanses and Hughres Are familar with the muses. All the boys and girls of Wales Can aing like blessed nightin-
pales.
Proud they are, or proud they
Dec.
fully
veterate
into for the nee
There
Saturday. All the year round, war in the two World Wars. was no Regimental Sergeant ly, he bought a ticket within!
escape-proof. Success story
Fleet Street psychiatrist, seem
with one of his can agree Of mountain and of enoun- qualified colleagues.
tain stream;
Dr Desmond Curran, writing and the prisoners' quarters were work permits. They picked ap-
another 60
higher
Proud of towns that end in of the conclusions of the World Guards outnumbered prisoners perfly thief-proof locks, scales Larios at the time a mero
"op".
Proud they are when they an- cannot is absurd
nounce it. Prouder if you can't pronounce
to
half
half a
elvilla clathes on Variety of they
curly
dozen were having ·
roots, brewed their own Health Organization, "that per
the castle at all times;
stilled spirits,
their daily exivelse in the park, and distilled and one that ends in "pogpop- sons who are not in a state of
injected floodlit
every cultures of at night from well-being physical and social
dry-not during which peribd they could mix freely. Being only a few, be healthy," says:- angle despite the blackout; and
wordwork, made
were sparsely guarded the whole camp was surround- Eupposeer
even wigs who wore in cly
and though confined to one end of blonde hair. that a man who is hopelessly ed by sentries
the compound where the pcl- generally inegietent at his job must be turn surrounded by a palisade of
gave
German soners played football among sick, though Government de- of barbed wire.
time. partments
constantly arc sending them for treatment | to a psychiatrist, I call it bosh."
{t.
To understand,
'ard if. Some of them
Cardif
though, it
are proud
of
The stars and
he
and "abando,
A
shouted
in
long
the
think.
Was
to
ку
In addition, tiny microphones stats a harrassing and Evely the trees
hidden were
Lebrun was in the habit of recreation bunk-houses and coils. 100my,
Like Ballast doing exercices with two other Stool pigeons were placed
which Frenchmen,
included the prisoners, while
Icapfrogging. Now Lo among
brun
athletic. It was man medical boards for Drin you
quads offered to help escapo NE British officer "foxed Ger. much
so that they plans for bribes
high summer and ha CAPRICON (Dec. 23-Jan. because, although glowing with
Dr Gubbins, also calls it boshould relay the information to sears on end, suffering from
Commandant. And 20): Considering
the terrible stomach ulcers produced dressed in what remained your Althy good health, he has
always the He did not think they would luck, a fairly normal week. been hopelessly inefficient him fortress was 400 miles from the on substitute X-ray plates. He him of his former query
nearest frontier post not con- lost weight regularly and to an shorts, a yellow cardigan,
open-necked thirt and self. Money troubles, health troubles, cet a single extra seat this time.
astonishing degree by having
1816. shoes - not good escaping Work was already going on
and the usual family troubles. He was slung out of school trolled by the Nazis
AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb. when he was 10 because on the fabrics and carpets with
It should have been a case of himself weighed, to begin with. clothes but that was also what
loaded with bags and
and con which the Abbey would be de- 19): Of the seven black days couldn't learn anything,
hope all ye who cealed under his pyjamas, There he reckoned the Germans would
But those who afte corated. On the altar would be ahead, it is hard to say which slung into an office where
he enter
Allled after weight-losing was a simple the Anest
wik be the blackest,
entered Colditz were embroidery. The
As the was regarded as tho
All In A Flash biggest
A procedure, and like an observa- officers-British, Canadian, Aus Throne chair, hommage stool and following week will be 1001 Fleet Street had ever seen.
he jettisoned ballest New other Coronation
at won try furniture
to look on the bright
But nobody sent him to
Zealand, Indian on
#practised "WHILE a couple of the latter Another and
Wwere tolling rather sleepliy would be made for the occasion, PISCES (Feb, 20 Mar, 21); psychiatrist.
Belgian, Dutch They
at Yogo for a time until, by had already at-
„ha outside the wire and looking at Your usual high spirits damped curses at him. "It is our duty to express in
could ** muscular Fellowho colour and design the age we about Friday. And again
When the Kalser's war broke tempted to break out of ordinary raise his trol, he
pressure to in- anything but the prisoners, live in and the homago we pay Saturday: By Sunday you will clat, he joined the Army and
wore the cream
cam credible heights. The Germans Lebrun innocently leapfrogged men of Anally repatriated him,
with the other. Fronchmen, to the Queen we are to crown,"
humour snid Mr; Eccles,
the Army had ever seen. But the highest ARIES (Mar, 22-April 20); again nobody sent him to
and a courage
Kurcefulness the
excitement of a home French colleague stood near the Whatever you are thinking of psychiatrist.
wire and, forming with his two shouted who were prepared at any time coming." They
hands to risk their dives for freedom,
stirrup into which doing, for Pete's sake don't do curses at him.
French were pardieularty and all that the Germang. BOC- resourceful and daring. One, Lebrun placed his foot, he cceded in doing was to concen- Lieutenant. Bouley, disguised catapulted him upwenda, Acro- When the war was over.
bota cath hoavo he trate the keanest, briùs, the himself as an alluring
cach But don't smoke. You will set was sent as a reporter round most advanced escaping techni- blonde
other honey- fraulein,
but un tremendous distances by this em-ques in one place,
Precision of timing of TAURUS (April 21-May 21): offices to ask about the
fortunately dropped a wrist- You will be so unpopular this ployment of ex-soldiers.
Variety Of Ways watch na he was mincing week that only the throat of they all thought he wanted
way
through park outside Lebrun and his friend managed and the former sailed in a Job himself, all thought he was capitai
AND escape they did, the camp. A punishment will prevent
German Fuard pomebody, murdering you. Don't the biggest fool they had ever variety of ingenious and picked up the watch and called headlong dive over the 9-foot public would have that much tempt
seen, and all shouted people too far,
curses of daring ways, some of which Cap- to a smiy to stop the girl wine.
utils room in front of the stands.
tain Patrick Red describes in his The sentry tried to strike up a
was only half th Bad week for buying, selling, if," instead of cursing 'Dr. Gub- } which has just been published knowled
What would have happened fascinating The Caldiz Story"
but Bouley's battle, Lobrus ran 20 yards of Garman was not along the fence to the main
Of the Coronation roule, he said: "I am sure it is a better rcule than last time."
were many
Thero
Crown buildings and long frontages in the royal parks on it.
on
need an your alleged sense of was regarded as the biggest tool of the "profmorale, vinced he could never survive all happened in a Hash, His
it. Every move brings disaster. Seven days in bed might help.
The stands that were lo be the house on fire.. built would be set back to allow thousands of people to stand In front of them.
The effective limit of stand-
ing was 10 deep. The general
Of the decorations be said:
"It is too early yel to give de- tails, but since 1937 the textilo
❖
GEMINI (May 22
22-June 21): him.
ping at home, standing up; it to a psychiatrists
Ling down, breathing, eating,
1
But
The
the
con-.
his
A
FOR ** art is its vocrat,
and elbow lifting,. Get a, hy thought him the biggest fool he past thirty yours, but this is came way the Rigado hair inder, in order to hold himself &
Gayor And Lighter to risk answering wall of the park, He had to rou
ton (18/-). There have been The sentry became suspicious climb the wire, using it on The psychiatrist would have very many escape books in the and when Bouley's notis to put you into a trance had ever
on to the top of the wall which gamo was up and acon unill next Sunday
Another certified quito the most important of ne
Frenchman, Licut. was, at this point, about 13 Tees CANCER (June 22-July 23); him.
cavalry kind, and may well become a Lebrun, a imli
omeer, high, Lebrun deliberately 1 “As it 18," Dr. Gubbins is able classic,
nce at tracted the Aro of the dwo "got' clean / dway to France you, Dams Fortune's
to earn a living betrigona of
First, he nearest soniriog by running Iteld, a civil engineer, was the second attempt. is always, a cynical leer. This the biggest fools the country at British "ucape officer hid in the rafters of a pavilion backwards and forwards beside week, she will be thumbing her has ever seen Instead of being in Colds'-cach national con in a barbed-wge compound in the
Their costĺpts once nose at you. All your bad luck a burden on the taxpayer.
fa- own the nearby, park which served fired fund having (mínkai), the tingent appointed
(Contd., on paro, 17 bula -Landun Express Service). - "Cuckpe once to keep in touch-playing ---field, - Although
Industry
have produced many new fabrics which wild weather. Our taste in design hug, become gayse and inter
"I hope to put
on a batter show than there was for the least -Coronation."--London Express
Service.
For.
smile
In the past will seems like pare
disa ommpared to what