AT WOODVILLE
(By Teleytaph.--Press Association.) WOODVILLE, This Day. Woodville and Pahiatua combined to receive, the Royal visitors. The trajn arrived slightly behind schedule time. The weather is glorious. The Mayor | (Mr.'H. P. Home) and Mrs. John Home escorted Their Royal Highnesses to a dais on the station platform, and a rousing reception was given by the largest crowd ever assembled in Woodville. After an address had been presented and the Duke's reply delivered, the councillors and wives, the clergy, and prominent citizens of both towns were presented. The Duke shook hands with veterans and returned soldiers, and the Duchess met the Girl Guides and Brownies. Both waiked through rows of children amid tremendous cheering. The stay was longer than had been arranged, and the proceedings were somewhat informal. The Royal train pulled out amidst tumultuous cheering. Sergeant David Bennett, D.C.M., of the Bth Black Watch, was presented to the Duchess, whose- brother, ■ Captain Bowes-Lyon, in the same battalion, was killed on 19th September, 1915, during fighting at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 10
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170AT WOODVILLE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 10
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