ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
ENGLAND AND "HOME." (BT CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION*—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 25iL>, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 24. The Prince of Wales at the St. George's Day banquet at the Guildhall, in proposing the toast of "England" said the word suggested different ideas to different people. To the juvenile population England was that portion of the globe which produced cricketers who play and sometimes win test matr ches against Australia and South Africa. ' 'Nobody can (: 11 me a stay-at-home," he said. "My friends outside England always made me feel at home, tmt nevertheless when I hear the word 'Home' I thing of England. It is just the same with British people of English descent the world over. They speak of England as .dome, no matter where they were born."
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17747, 26 April 1923, Page 13
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