CORONATION ORNAMENTS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 2

CORONATION ORNAMENTS

FINDING NEW USES Gold Carpet From Abbey Press Association —Copyright. London, May 22. “The office ot works has only a few more lions left for sale, is the officii.. 1 reply to those wishing to buy lions from the topt of the Coronation masts in Pall Mall. Altogether 140 of the 200 lions have been sold for £1 each. Howover, 66,000 cushions from the official stands are for sale. Tenders for the demolition of tire elands were received the day after the Coronation, and work has begun .1 Consular. *on Hill. It is expected .hat the demolition will not be com- ... .cd until August, when London will liiririu look like itself. The gold carpet laid in the Abbey may reappear sectionally in Teheran or Canberra, for it will probably be cut up into pieces and sent to British embassies and consulates. The future of the blue carpet in the annexe is undecided It may be sold, or, like the golden carpet, cut up amd 1 used in official buildings. Tents are b-ing struck, and 1200 men are removing the traces of the encampment of 26,000 troops in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, but ,he effects will remain visible until the grass grows next year.

Articles left in the Abbey by guests include 13 assorted dress spurt, .12 pairs of spectacles, a sword-belt, orders and medals, innumerable gloves, scarves, cloaks l and wraps. A peer left an inflated air .cushion in a mauve leather case, and another left a coronet which was soon reclaimed.