THAT ELUSIVE BIRTHDAY
When The Commonwealth Celebrates For The King
URING the long reign of D George V, June 3 became so well known as_ the King’s Birthday holiday that even the weather heard about it and, in New Zealand at least, produced what the pessimists called the inevitable rain. But when Edward came to the throne, and then George VI., the usage of twentyfive years was suddenly disturbed. We have hardly yet recovered. And this year another change throws the habit out of gear. His Majesty was born on December 14, but he expressed a wish that no celebration should be held so close to the Christmas holidays. Accordingly, in New Zealand we officially fixed the date for the first Monday of June. The same month suited Britain, where the holiday could be taken in high summer. Now, with the disruption of the war, the Birthday has been deferred, and will now be celebrated on November 25.
Special Radio Programmes To commemorate the event this year, when the place of the monarchy in the British Commonwealth of Nations has come to appear specially significant, 2YA has arranged to present on the King’s Birthday a special forty-nine minute programme arranged by the NBS. It will cover some of the King’s many activities and present a clear picture of the place he has taken in the life of the Nation and the Commonwealth. From a carefully compiled stock of records the NBS will select such features as: the King broadcasting to the Empire, the King at a boys’ camp while he was Duke of York, and the King at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. The programme will tell how the Loyal Toast is drunk by the fighting services, and will include one or two songs bearing on the subject. It will conclude with Elgar’s arrangement of the National Anthem. The other three main national stations will also present special evening programmes suitable to the occasion. Details are given in our programme section.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 74, 22 November 1940, Page 14
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