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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 16, 1939.
The King Commands Ballet
Gala at Covent Garden
M.LEBRUN WILL BE GUEST OF HONOUR
FOR the first time since pre-war days a Royal Com- mand ballet performance is to be given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on March 22.
It will be held in honour of the French President and Madame Lebrun, who are in London on a State visit. And thus, for a night, the stateliest of all theatres will once again be the scene of pageantry and royal pomp.""
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Every man present will wear uni-, trol one being for the King form or Court dress. Women will Queen and M. and Mine. Lebrun. On be expected to wear taras and other either side will be members of the jewelled udornments,
FESTOONS OF FLOWERS Festoons of blooms will be used to decorate the auditorium. But only those near the Royal boxes will be real, as the scent would otherwise hr loo overpowering.
Ycomen of the Guard in their pic- turesque Tudor uniforms will line the grand staircase as the King and Queen and their guests arrive.
If precedent is followed the entire Opera House will be at the disposal of the King and Queen and their guests. Price and the position of seals will make no difference and stalls and gallery will be occupled by royal guests. As in the past, royal permission will be given for some boxes and sesta to be sold, Dut the prices will be high.
PROGRAMME CHOSEN
The great boxes will occupy almost the whole of the grand tler, the ten-
Diplomatic Corps and their wives and leaders of the Government.
In the past the foyer on the Arst floor has served as an ante-room to the royal box, and it is anticipated that this arrangement will be pested.
The King and Queen have chosen the programine, which will be provided by the Vic- Wells Ballet and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Like their foreign guests, their Majes- ties keenly enjoy ballet.
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Smoking In Bed Denial At Inquest WIRELED in an invalid chair to
A Nowenatio Inquest recently
a man heard the jury find that a boarding-house fre which cause five deaths storied in his room and that he was Intoxicated at the time.
The mon, William Fergusen, boarder, whose head and throat were bandaged, was brought 19 give evidence from Newcastle Infirmary, where he has been detained with injuries received in the fire which occurred at Leazes Terrace, New- castle.
"BED ON FIRE" Ferguson told the coroner (Sir Al- fred Appleby); "I came home about cne o'cleek, or it may have been two, in the morning.
"There was a fire in my room grote, and I blazed it up by opening the 'fret,'
"I then closed the door, left the room, and made a cup of tea. Re- turning to my room, I was met by smoke and flames and Intense heat. The Are seemed to be brhind the door and my bed seemed to be o11 fre. I gave the alarm and was then overcome."
--Ferguson "added:~~~1-was-slightly under the influenen of drink. I had had a few drinks, but I knew what I was doing."
SMOKING DENIAL
He denied smoking in bed. "I was not smoking during the few minutes I was in my room," he said,
The jury's verdlet was that they were satisfied that the fire started in Ferguson's room, that he was intoxi- caled at the time, but that there was not sufetent evidence to show how the fire started,
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