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Edward VIII's Head Measured for Crowning Ceremony WHO WILL TEST THE STAVISKY'S WIDOW

KING'S WINE?

HISTORIC COURT TO ALLOT

CORONATION DUTIES

ALREADY the measurements arranged, chief among them is the of King Edward VIII.'s head, getting up of the famous Court of have been taken, so that the size Claims. of the crown may be adjusted if necessary.

It is likely that the Coronation next year will take place in June and on a Thursday. The previous three ceremonies have all been

COURT OF CLAIMS

This Court, which dates back al- moat to the Conquest, consiste of and judges presided over by the a tribunal of Privy Councillors Lord Chancellor, who will hear the many and varied petitiona

arranged for that month-though from hereditary office holders. that of Edward VII. was postponed:

somo

till August-and a Thursday has fore every Coronation, claim ape- Lords and commoners alike, be- been chosen on the previous five cial hereditary permissions to occasiona.

or perform However, in Court circles it is attend the ceremony

for special duty

their considered possible that the new Sovereign; often several people King may wish to put the date claim the same office, and bar- forward to May. His wishes will risters are briefed to plead their be made known by proclamation cases before this Court, within the next month or so.

King Edward will visit Edin- burgh, Belfast, and Carnarvon during the summer of 1937, and in the autumn will travel to India to be crowned Emperor at Delhi.

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For example, at Edward VII.'s Coronation the Duke of Newcastle and the Earl of Shrewsbury ench claimed the right to provide a glove for the King's right hand. The Duke oventually prevailed.

Now the 22-year-old Earl of Shrewsbury can claim the right to But before next May or June carry a white wand as a symbol of there are important matters to be his office of Lord High Steward of

Ireland.

Government Start Colonies

Inquiry BRITAIN & taking steps to

way a world

conference between the "bave": and the "have not" nations.

These steps are the sequel to n

Secretary.

Other claims Include one for tasting the King's wine before he drinks it for fear of poison (not so responsible a position nowadays); for the posts of

IN NEW YORK

Madame Stavisky, the wife of the French swindler, la trying her luck in America. She is dancing in a Broadway theatre with a French corps de ballet.

Regiment That Wore Sackcloth

In Modern Dress

Chief Larderer, Master of the Commemoration Approved Silver Scullery, or for the pic- turesque title of King's Cham- plon, who at the Coronation ban. quet-mercifully no longer held

It seems fairly certain that the

The South Staffordshire

with its former pomp chal Regiment (38th Foot) has lenges to mortal combat any who declare that the King is not received official sanction to the rightful King.

incorporate in its uniform a famous speech to the League of Barons of the Cinque Ports will piece of brown canvas. Nations last September by Sir again succeed in their claim to Samuel Hoare, then Foreign carry a canopy over the King. It is not a particularly decora

The archaic claims of the King's tivo embellishment. Nor is it Herb-strewer and Master Falconer intended to be, since it is to com- He said that the British Govern- stand small chance of prevailing. memorate one of the most ex- ment would take their share in an FEWER VISITING KINGS ceptional periods in. the Regi- effort to remove one of the pos- The actual ceremony of crowning sible causes of war by an interna- the King as he sits on the cerpent's history when it had to use tional inquiry into the redistribu- turies-old coronation chair in West- sackcloth for uniform. tion of essential Colonial raw minster Abbey is traditionally Early in the 18th century the performed by the Archbishop of Investigations are now being Canterbury, though Archbichons of carried out by Government experts. York and even a Blahop of London Forcigh Oce, Colonial Office{have performed the ceremony be- and Board of Trade officials have fore. Next year it is likely to be been working separately and joint-broadcast for the first time. ly on the problem and have collect-) The Peers in their robes, and

materials.

Regiment went to the West Indies and there it remained for nearly 60 years. Poor quarters, in- different food and scarcity of clothing were the accompaniments of its long sojourn in n strange land.

ed a considerable amount of data. carrying their coronets, with their Tradition asserts that there was Their inquiries are still proceeding. indies will arrive first ut the Abbey. When they have reached a further Next follow the Royal Princes, stage Ministera of the departments close members of the Royal House- concerned will submit reports to hold and foreign Kings and the Cabinet.

The Intention of the Government, Is to have a complete survey of the position from the British point of view before attempting to establish contact with foreign powers on the matter.

Princes.

But King Edward VIII. will see far fewer of these rulers than did his father. Revolution and war have thinned the ranks of foreign royalty.

an absence of material to make new uniforms and nothing apart from sack-coth or other coarse material with which

to repair worn-out clothing..

At that period of the Regi- ment's history the facings were bright yellow. Since 1881 they return to have been white. A yellow facings is now approved, Finally, preceded immediately by to be worn on the skirt of the full and brown Holland trimmings are The Government will have alQueen Mary, comes the King. firmly defined policy in mind be-greeted as he enters with cries of dress tunic, while the meas jacket fore they enter the field of inter-Vivat Vivat Edwardus Rex," from for officers will be scarlet with national negotiations.

boys of Westminster School-an-vest of brown Holland.

brown linen lapois and the

Similar patches of brown Holl- Perhaps the most impressive and will be worn on the Service moment is when King Edward is dress. There will be one under stripped of his flowing and gor-both the cap and collar badges. geous robes and stands alone be-

TRUANT ISLAND

IN BERING SEA

NAILED ON MAP

other little claim.

mess

fore his people, dressed in a short this figure may be less, there will Jacket of crimson silk, and is led probably be an increase in the Seattle, Mar. 6. to the Coronation Chair, beneath allowances for Office of Works, Mysterious and temperamental which lies the Stone of Destiny: naval, military and police duties, Bogoslot Island, truant of the every King since Edward the Con- Bering Sea, literally has been fessor has sat on this

The 2,000,000 people who lined historic the route for King George's "nailed down" by the U.S. Coast sent.

funeral gave the authorities a new and. Geodetic Survey.

Slowly and reverently the now leason in controlling huge crowds. After many years of uncertain- King is anointed and consecratedIt is certain that Scotland Yard ty, during which time mariners with a touch of oil. The robes will take every stop to prevent the have reported the island as being and regalia of his office are put alarmingly high figure of 10,000 located at widely scattered points, on, and then in a great hush the casualties from occuring again. a scientific survey, conducted re- Archbishop of Canterbury lays the The route naturally will be no cently, placed volcanic Bogoslof in

long as possible to give an exact position 25 miles north crown on the King's head.

patrolled.

more

of Umnak Island of the Aleutias the weeks of preparation cost? It procession; more barriers will be What will all this ceremony and people a chance of witnessing the archipelago.

Blesk Bogoslof, which has en is difficult to estimate exactly. erected, and approaches to the

will be gaged in violent volcanic activity King George's Coronation cost route

more carefully in times past, has been the bane £245,000, but £180,000 of that sum of cartographers, seeming to Was allowed for entertainment of

Inquiries about seating accom- change its position. Accurate lo- foreign kings and princes. Though modation have already been made. cation of the seldom-visited island now has been determined,

and

if a future survey is made, car-

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