SCOTT CENTENARY
Celebrations Reach Climax BORDER COUNTRY ABLAZE (Rec. September 22, 5.5 p.m.). . 7 . .7 London, Sept. 21. The Sir Walter Scott centenary celebrations reached their climax when the whole border country was ablaze with beacons. . Prince George attended a memorial service in St. Giles Church, Edinburgh, and later laid a wreath on the Scott memorial in the presence of a great gathering of Scotsmen—peers, churchmen, judges, professors and magistrates—who afterward attended a luncheon in Parliament Hall. The Prince, in the evening, attended a pageant performed by 1400 school children in Waverley market, where scenes from Scott’s novels were acted.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 308, 23 September 1932, Page 11
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100SCOTT CENTENARY Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 308, 23 September 1932, Page 11
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