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  2. CORONATION REVIEW SPECTACULAR MILITARY PAGEANT.

    The Coronation Review at Centennial Park yesterday, the most spectacular military pageant since the Great War, was witnessed by 200,000 people. All branches of the Defence Forces and School Cadet Corps ...

    Article : 212 words
  3. FIREWORKS.

    None who saw the illuminations on the harbour last night will forget the scene fOR a long time. It was an attractive feast of colour with a magnificent ...

    Article : 657 words
  4. CROWDS SURGE TO POINTS OF VANTAGE.

    It is estimated that 250,000 people watched the fireworks display on the harbour last night, and that 230,000 of them were packed on the vantage points on the foreshores from Vaucluse to Bradley's Head. ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. BROADCAST.

    Apart from Italy, where the newspapers have not printed a line about the Coronation or of British news, practically the whole world has celebrated ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. SYDNEY'S GREAT DAY. REFLECTION OF LONDON'S PAGEANTRY.

    Crowds poured into the city yesterday to see the brilliant spectacles which marked the celebration of the Coronation. The massing of citizens had few parallels in the history of the State. ...

    Article : 173 words
  7. THE BROADCAST.

    A special broadcast from Daventry enabled Australian listeners to follow their Majesties from Buckingham Palace, along sections of the procession, and then through the whole ...

    Article : 410 words
  8. EARLY RUSH FOR POSITIONS.

    Everyone, however, took the jostling and the crush in true Coronation spirit, though many emerged from uncomfortable crushes at intersections ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  9. CITY'S SPIRIT OF CARNIVAL.

    "Will the King be in Sydney today?" asked a small child in a northern suburb on Coronation morning. He was not, of course. But, if ...

    Article : 780 words
  10. NATURAL AMPHITHEATRE SETTING.

    Centennial Park, with its natural amphitheatre, lends itself to such a spectacular demonstration. Never before have so many motor cars been seen ...

    Article : 653 words
  11. CENOTAPH CEREMONY.

    Several hundred people witnessed the ceremony of placing a wreath on the Cenotaph last night by Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Galleghan, of the 17th Battalion (Militia). ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. THRILLING AIR FORCE DISPLAY.

    The Air Force display was one of the most thrilling witnessed in Sydney. At a given signal from Verey lights, two green and two red, 13 Air Force 'planes ...

    Article : 1,201 words
  13. DR. PAGE SPEAKS OF NATION'S JOY.

    Parliament House, flag-dressed and gleaming white in the sunshine, provided a fitting background for the official Coronation ceremony at Australia's ...

    Article : 876 words
  14. MONS WIVES AND DAUGHTERS.

    A Coronation party, organised by the Mons Wives and Daughters' Club, was held at 5 Hamilton-street, city. A message of loyalty to the King and Queen was sent by Mons ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. RECONSTRUCTION OF CROWNING IN ABBEY.

    An artist's reconstruction, based on careful research for a London newspaper, of the actual crowning scene in Westminster Abbey. The Archbishop of Canterbury is placing the crown on the King's head, while the representatives of the Empire, the Realm, the Church and State look on. In the box on the right are the Royal personages, including Queen Mary, the Duchesses of Kent and Gloucester, and the Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. It will be noticed that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  16. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S LEVEE.

    The Governor-General's Coronation levee, held this morning in the King's Hall at Parliament House, was the largest that has been held in Canberra. ...

    Article : 494 words
  17. ENTHUSIASM IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Fifty thousand people assembled for a Coronation ceremony, the chief feature of Which was a military parade. Never before has such public enthusiasm been displayed. ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. UNDER SIX REIGNS.

    Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews, 104, who saw the trooping of the colour at Kardinia Park, Geelong, this afternoon, has lived in the reigns of six monarchs. ...

    Article : 68 words
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