THE DURBAR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1113, 28 April 1911, Page 5

THE DURBAR.

KING'S VOYAGE TO INDIA. Br Telcsraph-Press Associatlon-Oopyrlebt London, April 26. It is understood that the steamer Medina, the latest addition to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's fleet, will convey King George and Queeu Mary to India for the Durbar. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH APPARATUS. The- facts contained in the above cablegram had previously reached Wellington by mail, and appeared in The Dominion on Wednesday. The following paragraph appears iu the "Standard of Empire ot March 2i:— ■ ~ "It has been stated that the new 1. and 0. liner Medina, which has just been launched at Messrs. Caird's shipbuilding yard on the Clyde, is to take the lung mid Queen out to India for tho Coronation Durbar at Delhi. The Medina will bo among the largest and finest of the famous P. and 0. fleet; 570 ft. long, and with a beam of 63ft., she will have a displacement of 18,700 tons.. The engines will be quadruple expansion of 14,w horse-power, which wilt give tho new liner a speed of 18 knots an hour. A very powerful wireless telegraph apparatus will be installed on board, so that his Majesty will be able to maintain direct communication with the Empire capital. Tlie ship-will be fitted to accommodate, when in ordinary use, 460 first and 220 secondclass passengers. . "the proclamation. solemnity of our coronation. The following is the text of the Proclamation signed by the King in regard to the Coronation Durbar at Delhi fixed Jor December 12:— BY THE KING-EMPEROR. A ROYAL PROCLAMATION. For appointing a Day for the Celebration in his Majesty's Indian Dominions of the Solemnity of the Coronation of nis Majesty: GEORGE R.I.

Whereas upon the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory, Kins Edward, upon the sixth day or May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, We did ascend the Throne, under the style and title of George the Fifth, by tlie Grace of God, King of. tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India; And -whereas, by Onr Eoyal Proclamations bearing date the nineteenth day of J uly and the seventh day of November, in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, in the First Year of Our Eeign, We did publish and declare Our Eoyai intention, by tho Favour and Blessing of Almighty God, to celebrate the Solemnity of Our Eoyal Coronation upon the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven; And whereas it is Our wish and desire Ourselves to make known to all Our loving Subjects within Our Indian Dominions, that the said Solemnity has so been celebrated, and to call to our Presence Our Governors,. Lientenant-G6v-crnors, and other of Our Officers, the Princes, Chiefs, and- Nobles of the Native States under Our Protection, and the Representatives of all the Provinces of Our Indian Empire; Now We do by this Our Eoyal Proclamation, declare Onr'Royal intention to hold at Delhi on tho twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, an Imperial Durbar for the purpose of making known the said Solemnity of Our Coronation; and We do hereby charge and command Our right trnsty and well-beloved Counsellor, Charles, Baron Hardingo of Pensburst, Our Viceroy and Governor-General of, Tudia. to take all necessary mcasui'es~iu' that behalf. Given at Our Buckingham Palace this Twenty-second-day'--.pf--March, in the Tear of our Lord one thousand liine hundred and eleven, and in the First Year of ■'!' Our Eeijii. •. ■ . GOD SAVE THE KING-EMPEEOE,