ROYAL VISIT
AFTER 1000 YEARS For,the first time in a thousand years a king has visited Thorney island. Never since the days when Canute sat by the sea rebuking his flattering courtiers at Bosham, just across Chichester Harbour, has a king been to this small place, but recently King George the Sixth called there aod the islanders had a public holiday.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12419, 5 August 1938, Page 1
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61ROYAL VISIT Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12419, 5 August 1938, Page 1
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