SMALLER PARTIES FOR CORONATION FESTIVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 85, 27 April 1937, Page 11

SMALLER PARTIES FOR CORONATION FESTIVITIES

Aii exchaiige states tliat owing to tfle many engagemeiits of Royalty during fchre Coronation festivities, tlic King bas decided to liold oixly tliree Courts in London, iustead of flve, and oue extra wi.l be lield at Holyrood, m July, when Scottxsh debutantes will be presented. Jt is stated that no eveiiing Court lxas been lield at Holyrood since the war, and the deciskm to liold one this year is regarded as a ypecial eompiiment by ihe Queen to hoi- eountrywomexi. 'The lloyal C'ompaiiy of Arehers, the King's bodyguard for Scotland, will be on duty in the staterooms, wearing uniforins of green eloth, exnbroid®red with thistles, and cocked hats of black silk with piuiiies of green feathers. Al] Empire societies and leagues are making special preparations for tlie reception and entertainment of visitors from the Dominion, and mean to encourage a number of small functions rather than inimense ones, whieh would not promote the saiue lrind oi' sociability or make people so well known to each other, Ou May 4 an evenmg reception will be lield by Lord and Lady Londoxxderry ; on May 15 a garden party at (Sutton Place, near Guildford, by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ; on May 19 a reception at Broadcasting House j on May 28 a dinner at tKe Zoological Gardens, whieh Will be floodlit ; on May 29 a garden party by Lord and Lady Salisbury at Hatfield. A special steamer will be set apart for visitors at the JS'aval Review, and there will be reserved seats at the Hendon air display, and at the'. Empire Day eervice at St. Paul's Catliedral. Opportunities will be given to the players of games, sucli as golf and tennis, and inquiries may be mad© at the various ofiices of the High Commissioners.