On the stroke of eleven o'clock on Friday morning last there emerged from the Town Hall a procession, headed by the Borough Marshall and the Macebearer preceeding the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors for the ceremony of proclaiming the Accession to the Throne of Elizabeth II.

Members of the Town Council stood for a moment in silence as a mark of respect for His Late Majesty King George the Sixth at a special meeting on Tuesday night, when following the motion, moved by the Mayor, was unanimously agreed.

Thieves who broke into the offices of J Miller Ltd., bakers, of Chiswick Mall in the early hours of Thursday morning picked the lock of a large safe with gelignite. Then they connected copper wires from the safe to a battery in the garden outside the offices, but before the charges could be detonated the would-be thieves hurriedly left the premises. The safe, which contained £2,000 wages for the bakery staff, was left intact.