VILLERS BRETONNEUX
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY OF KING & QUEEN AT WAR MEMORIAL CEREMONY. COMPREHENSIVE SCRUTINY. (Reed This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. Elaborate precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of the King and Queen, on the occasion of the unveiling of the Australian War Memorial at Villers Bretonneux. Each of the thousands attending the ceremony will be subjected to the closest examination. The French police are demanding two photographs of each and a complete guarantee of their unimpeachable character. ■ The 3,500 guests and others must be seated at the memorial two hours before the arrival of their Majesties, after which they will not be allowed to move while the police scour the countryside. Some 11,000 troops will be posted, shoulder to shoulder, facing both ways, for two miles from Villers Station to the memorial. The police are doing their utmost to check up on every arrival in the district. Hotel registers are being watched and persons not satisfyihg investigation are being arrested immediately.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 June 1938, Page 8
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165VILLERS BRETONNEUX Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 June 1938, Page 8
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