ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
PRINCE AT IRISH CLUB. PRIEST THROWS FIREWCmX. LONDON, March 18. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in London by a banquet at the If ish GlUb, at which the Prhice pf Wales ivfts the principal gueet, and also by a function at the Four Provinces of Ireland Club, where there -Was a record gathering of 1200 gueste. I The Prince concluded a, humorous i speech by expf esairtg the hope $hat tfish-1 meh the world over Were Bficnditig an equally haj>py gt. Patf-iek'a Ijight. The chiiirmati pf the tVint- Provinces function presented the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, with « case of Itieh briar pipee^ A sensation was caused as Mr. Baldwin rose by a priest, throwing a lighted firework from the gallery of the' ban , : queting room. This set jftre to the carpet and caused women guests to faint. The offender was ejected.—(Reuter.) ■— — I
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1926, Page 7
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145ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1926, Page 7
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