THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1911. THE DELHI DURBAR.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10482, 20 November 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1911. THE DELHI DURBAR.

According to th& official programmeof the Delii Durbar, King George and Queein Mary .sdiouM arrive at Delhi oiu the morning of. December 7th. In tlie afternoon, and on the mioi-nings of 'Diecemibjei- Stili and. 9th, the King-Emperor will receive visits from chiefs, and in .the afternoon of the. Bth he will lay the foundation, stone of the King Edward Memloriafl!. On December 11th Hils Majesty will present colours to three British andi two Indian regiments. The Durbar will take place on December 12th, in. the presence of about 100,000 people. The ceremony will be carried out in two. arenas. Alfter receiving the homage of the governors, chiefs, aliid otihiara, their Miajeteties waif appear in .tße Rbyo.l pavilion m the centra of tdie arena, where the proclamation) of the King-Emperor will be read. A State banquet, followed by a reception, will be given im tlile, Royal tents in tlie evening. On December 16th their Majestdeis. will go in State procession through the city. Later in. the day the King-Emperor wall leave for Nepali, and the QueenEmpress for Agra. The guests of the Government will' include the selected European amd) Indian representatives, about 150 ruing Princes with their suites, tlie Governors of the Asiatic, eoDoniies> of the Qrtown, and 100 journalists. It is estimated that the whole 1 camp will contain aibout a quarter of a million persons. J The camp will bo served by thirty miifcs of broad and twelve' ,iui]/es of narrow-gauge- railways'. The Medina, in wihieh' their Majesties' are going to India., iis a „ucw P. and 0. liner, this being her maiden voyage. Sliio is officered and mianmed by men. of the Navy, and' ranks as a vessel of tine 1 Navy during tlie tour'. She will; bci escorted by four first-class, cruisers —the Cochran©, Argyll, Defence, and Nlata!. Tlie Medina, lias been- specially fitted for ihd voyage. Tlie special suite of i-homs fior the King has heen constructed' on the port side of the forward spar deck, and that for the* Queen oni the starboard side. These- suites have been, duplicated amidships oiv the saloon deck for use

ill) rough, weather. Each suite 0011skt& <itt" a b«d r roo<m, diressing-uiooni, sitting-room-, onid writing-room, In addition the King will liavo a lmini. b&r c£ otlvtir rooms wOijch liavo been ■set apart*, for the conduct of State business during the- voyage; f/or the ■busnuesiS of State will, bo transacted precisely as if His Majesty ware at Buckingham Pailiaco. With this object ill,© Medina Iras been, fitted with ■a powerful wia-elless installation, which wtJU laftlow the King to be m telegraphic toucli with the Ministersduring Uv& wJuofo of the trip.