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Show I Indian Coronation Durbar Next December - ' w iff - j t I LONDON. It is now definitely settled set-tled that tha ladian coronation durbar shall be at Delhi, the ancient seat of tha house of Timur, on December 12 of thia rear. Thna the ceremony, which will be of overwhelming magnih eence, will avoid any of the native fsste that fail due about tha begin aiag of the new rear. Arrangements for the dnrhar are already al-ready ia the handa of Bir J. Hewitt, who has beea relieved of his duties sarvne nf the provincial lieutenant yor- ernors to prepare for the historic erent. After tne durbar ceremonies, which will last a week, the king and queen will riait Khatiwandu, the capital of tha. independent native state or Neial, lying between Bengal and Tibet. The jouruev to Khatiwandu ia one of the moat laeeinatino; that caa be made ia There is no railroad and the royal party will have, to travel by road into the beautiful underfenturee of the Him-, slayaa. The mad, however, is good. and a the beet tiger enooting In In dia ia to be had in the Nepauleso Teral, it ia probable a great ahoot will be arranged. ar-ranged. It is well known that King Cleorge is anxious to shoot an Indian rhino, and these creatures survive only in the Terai. T-hat the durbar will be in the old fort at Delhi, and not on the open plain outside tha city, as was that of tea , years ago, ia no accident, but evidence evi-dence of the great precautions ef the Indisa government against any opportunity oppor-tunity for an attempt oa tha royal i nartv Viv disloyal natives. 1 |