GUARD SERVICE AT THE PALACE
DOMINION CONTINGENTS New Zealand’s Turn On Tuesday Press Association—Copyright. London, May 5. The Daily Telegraph says that the Australian, Canadian and Indian contingents will each mount the guard for a full 24 hours over Buckingham Palace and St. James’s Palace during Coronation week. New Zealand and South Africa, whose contingents are too small to carry out a full day’s duty, will each supply 30 men and two officers, who will mount the guard from noon until ! S p.m. The New Zealand contingent will carry out guard duty on May 11. There are seven posts at each gate. The South African contingent, which arrived in London ‘ yesterday, received the news that it was to carry out guard duty in London while at sea. The men immediately began practising on board the liner Gloucester Castle.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 426, 6 May 1937, Page 5
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138GUARD SERVICE AT THE PALACE Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 426, 6 May 1937, Page 5
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