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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 9

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SCENES AT WEMBLEY.

EVERY CORNER THRONGED.

THE EMPIRE SHAKES HANDS.

(by gasijs—press Aaaoctmoir—flornuom.) (Bsmtea'a Tsucsauts.) (Received June 10th, 7.28 p.tti?)

LONDON, Jtm* 9. There wer<s unprecedented scenes at Wembley on Whit Monday. A quarter of a million visitors regifttered early in the afternoon, and still crowds continued to arrive.

The gates were opened to ticketholders owing to congestion at the turnstiles.

Queues hundreds of yards long wait-' ed good-humouredly. The restaurants were besieged and all the avenues and pavilions thronged. The ambulance station dealt with orw 100 minor cases.

The Exhibition grounda wer# briHi* antly illuminated at mgh't-time, irhmj at the firing of a maroon signal, everyone joined in a great "link of Empire" •' handshake, which completely encoded the lake and included citizen ironl every corner of the Empire. The carnival procession a tfe markable sight. MANY ENQUIRIES FROM PROSPECTIVE IMMIGRANTS. ~

(Surer "Sim" BBarton.) ,• (Received June 10th, 7.25 p.m.) /!<> LONDON, Jnrief, ; £; The business done in the and New Zealand restaurant* in faiglfrv. successful. They an always pacW^i*..';s-'J There is a strong demand to honey and butter at th« New A satisfactory evidence hibition has begun to tive is thatthere; are from prospective emigrant* lia ■ and . New : ■ Zealand., ranging .• from - £BOO MONDAYS ; V (*«*»•« ■ .wtiaajaa(s^"<4^^^S - (Beeeived Jane LONBom; It is officially stated people visited the < Empire on Whit-Morid&y. i*

FINANCIAL OUTLOOK a^teadMaea^ financial outlook 'l# en«i»^^^| AFTER ambulance station, Some of the patidkta ea'ten veal and hmjpiWfc' -