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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937.
SOUVENIR PROGRAMME
OF CORONATION
"Crown Has Achieved A New And Greater Significance"
DETAILS OF PROCESSIONS ·
London Apr. 21..
The Souvenir Programme for the Coronation. drawn up under the auspices of King George's Jublice Trust, will be available to the pub-- lic throughout the Empire to- morrow. In order to meet the Empire demand it has been neces- sary to prepare no lewer than twelve separate editions.
enable them to do so; namely, the Broadcast which has been arrang ed and the official programme," he concluded.
ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION
Chinese Artists Represented
London, "Apr. 2. Two Chinese artists have pic- tures hung in this year's Royal Academy exhibition. They are the first Chinese ever thus honoured.
Miss Shou Pl-yang has two ple- tures on view. She originally stu died at Shanghai and came to Eng- land about eighteen months agu, and has since studied partly in England and partly in France. She has two exquisite studies one of a Chinese bird of paradise, and the other of Chinese peonies in water colours painted en slik. These are in true Chinese classical style, It is understood that the hanging committee were most enthusiastic photo-when they saw them.
The programme. is published in two editions: the standard · edl- tion, with a cover showing the Royal Coat-of-Arms in full colours, and the de luxe edition. printed In black and gold. ・・
Each contains the detatis of the
and special
These facts were revealed by the Duke of Gloucester, who, as Chair-processions On of King George's Jubilee graphs of Their Majesties and Trust, presided at a luncheon at members of the Royal Family. St. James Palace to celebrate the ! publication of the programme.
Most of the 150 guests assisted in the preparation or distribution of the programme.
T. H. Chiu, the other artist, is a former pupil of the Royal Acade- my School, where he won six prizes and scholarships. He is showing a landscape of Moulay Idriss. in Morroco, is a style somewhat mu dernistic, but the Chinese feeling in it is strongly perceivable.
The full text of the Abbey ser- vice" is also published. together with "A Prayer for the King's Reign." by the Peet Laureate, John Masefield, a description and The Prince mentioned that the illustration of the regalia ef Overseas Edition had been des- the King and Queen, and ab Another Oriental exhibitor is the patched to the,, furthermost parts article by the late John Drink-Siamese Prince Birabongse, who is of the world as long ago as Febru-water. entitled "The King's Ma-showing a striking bronze portrait ary. This was followed by special Jesty." dealing with the signi editions prepared for Canada and flcance of the Coronation to the Australia, New Zealand, South British Empire.
Family and representatives of for- eign powers will leave Buckingham Palace for Westiminster Abbey as early as 8.40 am on Coronation Day.
and head.- Reuter,
U.S.. FLOODS
New York, Apr. 27. Fifteen persons are dead and five missing as the result of widespread floods in six Eastern States.
Enormous damage was done, but the flood waters are now receding, except in the Ohio River.— Reuter.
Africa and India, while more re- MAKING EARLY START cently nearly 100,000 copies had The programme reveals that the been sent to the United States. procession of motor cars convey. The Duke of Gloucester concluding certain members of the Royal ed by quoting from his own fore- word to the programme: "If the people of the British Empire are brought into more Intimate touch by the Coronation Ceremony, on that day and at that hour when The carriage procession of the ther are all more than ever in the British Dominion Prime Ministers. thoughts and prayers of Their Ma-the representatives of the India jesties, then indeed King George's and colonial rulers, will follow from Jubilee Trust will have performed the Palace at 9.15 a Mr. Stanley Coronation ceremony will include Baldwin, who will occupy the first dismounted representatives from all of the eleven carriages in this pro-
the defence services in the Empire. as well as mounted units. It is cession, will be escorted by the
timed to leave the Abbey at 2.15 Metropolitan Mounted Police. Each of the Dominion Prime Ministers and will reach Buckingham Palace at the end of a long route through will be escorted in his carriage by
the West End at 3.50 p.m. mounted troops" drawn from the Coronation contingent of his own
a service,"
MONARCHY FIRMLY ROOTED
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald: Secre- tary of State for the Dominions, thanking the Duke of Gloucester for presiding, declared that the Britiah monarchy had never been more firmly rooted than to-day in the soul of British democrat.
jects.
country.
Sir Mahammad Zafrullah Khan's carriage will be escorted by Indian cavalry. Troopers of the 18th and 5th Lancers will escort the colonial sultan's carriages,
The fact is due largely to the personalities of our Kings and Queens and the way in which they have identified themselves in the last quarter of a century with the
THIRD PROCESSION fluctuating fortunes of the British
The third procession from Buck- people; and also in the way, in which they have served their sub-ingham Palace will depart at 9.50 and will convey the Royal Family, with its escort. Queen Mary's car- "But during the past quarter orriage procession will leave Mari- a century the Crown has achieved borough House at 10.10 am. and a new and greater significance, will consist of Her, Majesty. In a One of the changes that has been
glass coach, with her sister-in-law, taking place, is the growth of
the Queen of Norway. freedom throughout the Empire.
The King and Queen will leave The Dominions are partners of the Palace at 10.30 a.m. in the State Great Britain in the British Com-Coach, drawn by Windsor greys, monwealth of free, and equal na-preceded and followed by an im- tions, and during the process of posing array of prominent officers change many old constitutionali- and troops, including In addition to ties between the Dominions and the Sovereign's escort. escorts of this country have. keen broken. But one firm constitutional link remains. the Crown...
"The Crown is the symbol of the free, association of the people of the Commonwealth.
"When His Majesty a fortnight bence is driving to the Abbey to assume the Crown. there will ride' with him, and with Her Majesty, the heartfelt wishes and high hopes of his peoples, scattered all around the earth," Mr. MacDonald Baserted.
"These peoples desire to be able to follow every stage of the his- toric ceremony and two things wil
the Dominion Colonial and Indian Army officers. The honorary In- dian A.D.C.'s to the King will im- mediately precede the State Coach. The Duke of Gloucester and Kent, as the Principal A.D.C.'s to the King will follow the coach.
A royal suulte of .41 guns will be fired at St. James' Park and a royal salute of 82 guns from the Tower of London will announce the actual moment of coronation at the Abbey. In addition to the foregoing pro- cessions there will be also the Lord Mayor of London's and that of the Speaker of the House of Commons, The great procession after the
King And Queen Travel
On Royal Barge
London, April 27 were recalled to-day by the King For the first time in a hundred and Queen's triumphant progress in an Admiral's barge with Naval years the King and Queen made a Journey by water when they voyag- escort down the river to Greenwich ed down the Thames in the new where the King opened the Naval Royal Barge to Westminster Pier escort down the river to Greenwich to open the National Maritime where the King opened the Na Museum At Greenwich Princess tional, Maritime Museum. The day. Elizabeth accompanied her par- was bright and sunny and great ents. The whole length of the em- crowds had gathered along the bankment skirting the Thames embankments on bridges, and along which the barge was escort-wharves and decks of ships moored ed by four motor torpedo boats alongside. Their cheers mingled proceeded was thick with cheering with screams of ships sirens and spectators. His Majesty wore the roaring of aeroplanes over- Naval uniform and was accom- head. panied by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare Reuter.
KING'S SPEECH
In declaring the museum open, the King said that but for the en- terise, courage and character of the British common-wealth of nations would never have come London, April 27, into existence. The qualities of Something of what the River Drake, Nelson and Franklin wore Thames has meant to London of as necessary to-day as ever in the the past as a highway linking the
past and it was as well that ex- City and its merchants with West-ploits of men such as there should: minister and its parliament and be recalled so that the part which: leading out to the scas beyond seamen had played in Britain's where British mariners carried history might never be forgotten freights of Britain's commerce British Wireless,'
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On the return march the order of the carriages of the Prime Ministers, India and Burma repre- sentatives, and colonial rulers will be reversed, Mr. Baldwin's carriage being the last, and immediately preceding the Royal Processions.
The entire route will be lined by men of the Navy. Army and Air
Force.
Fifty-five foreign countries will be represented.- Reuter.
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NATIONAL DEFENCE
CONTRIBUTION
Resolution Agreed To By House Of Commons
London, Apr. 27.
The House of Commons. to-day agreed to the Budget resolution authorising the imposition of the National Defence Contribution, otherwise known as the Growth of Profits Tax.
might even be a combination of both schemes,
Mr. Chamberlain Intimated that he would provide for the variation of the rate of interest which would be regulated in relation to the capital standard. He explained Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chan- that capital, for purposes of the cellor of the Exchequer, said he
Defence Contribution, did not was convinced the outlined scheme mean share capital but a com- was right and he had no inten-puted figure representing assets, tion of withdrawing his proposals, subject to certain adjustments. It In spite of the opposition from will be recalled that the Growth members on his own side or the of Prodts Tax may be levelled House.
either on profits or on the capital of the company.
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That part of the proposals not yet formulated was sufficiently im- portant to justify him in saying that no accurate or sufficient judg- ment could be formed upon it until the House and country had fuller information. He regarded the pro- Dosal as mild and moderate and did not think it would impose an
con-
... PREVENTING INJUSTICE FO
He was now, obtaining informa- tion and was in personal contact with persons of great financial and industrial experience, said Mr. Chamberlain. He had also re- from a ceived communications number of important bodies, such as the Assoclated Chambers of Commerce and the Chamber of Shipping, while the Federation of British Industries was collecting a He
Intolerable burden on industry..
"Mr. Chamberlain said he sidered the suggested estimate or a yield from the tax totalling from £50,000,000 to £250,000,000 as fan-large body of information. tastic, and intimated he was pre- pared to reconsider the profits standard basing it on the average profits from 1933 to 1935.
Mr. Chamberlain was fully aware of the very great anxiety in many quarters and the disturbance to securities. But he considered these disturbances very exaggerated and based on insufficient Information. More importance was attached to these things than they deserved. It was only necessary to observe," he said, what was going on in other countries where no: National De- fence Contribution existed. to realise that a number of events coincided to render the markets of the world peculiarly sensitive at present.
WILLING TO RÈCONSIDER
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would examine their proposals with greatest sympathy, the Chancellor declared, and would do his best. In the light or what they told him to meet all difficulties and prevent Inequalities and Injustice,
Finally, he ad`ed, he would make his decision as soon as possible.-- Reuter.
GENERATIONS OF GENERALS
Munich, April 27.
A rare case of grandfather, fa- ther and son folding the rank of
·General and all still alive has just occurred in the Bavarian family, Von Bombard. The senior of the Referring back to the profits | family is, a 08-year-old veteran standard, based on average pro- from the Franco-Gerinan war and fits over a period of three years who attended the proclamation past, the Chancellor said he was of the German Emperor at Versall
consider his les in 1871. The 12-years-old son quite prepared to selection of the years 1933 to 1935, is also a retired General and the Bomhard. either by way of a choice being grandson Adolf. Von given to the taxpayer as between who is 46, has just been promoted different years, or by adding other to the rank of General of Police.- years to those suggested. There | Transocean News Service.
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