Pitcairner In London

From a Special Correspondent

London, June 1.

]Y|R. DAVID YOUNG, only Coronation representative from Pitcairn Island, and a fifth generation descendant of Mid shipman Young of the Bounty , had seen so many enlarged portraits of the King and Queen in England that he expected them to be much larger than ordinary people. “Why, King George is smaller than me,” he said in surprise in giving his impressions of the Coronation.

Arriving shortly before the Coronation by the Arawa , Mr. Young was most amazed by the huge crowds in London— “l did not know there were so many people in the whole world,” he said. Mr.

Young is probably the most travelled of

all Pitcairners, most of whom have never seen a motor-car. He visited New Zea land in 1927, so he was not surprised at the London traffic as he would other wise have been.

Members of the Seventh Day Advent ist community in London met Mr. Young on his arrival and he has their guest since then. Unless a ship happens to call there first, he will take the first news of the Coronation back to Pitcairn when he leaves by the Arawa on June 10.

There is a radio set on the island for urgent communication with passing ves sels, but as it has a range of only a few hundred miles, the Coronation broadcast could not be received. Before Mr. Young left preparations were being made to celebrate the Coronation at Pitcairn as in other parts of the Empire.