SYDNEY PAGEANTRY
MEMORABLE DISPLAY
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
(Received April 9, 1.45 p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day.
Tens of thousands of peopje wh« lined the streets this morning wit» nessed the greatest commercial and in. dustrial pageant ever presented in Au»> tralia. The procession was about three miles long and comprised 106 floats, 20 bands, and also other units, including early and modern fire-fighting appliances, 30 huge grotesque heads, 309 girls from athletic clubs, clowns, elephants, tigers, and a troop of miniature ponies ridden by small girls and boys.. After traversing a number of city streets, the pageant encircled the Show Ground. The pageant and the opening of the Royal Show are features of today's anniversary celebra.tions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 84, 9 April 1938, Page 10
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114SYDNEY PAGEANTRY Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 84, 9 April 1938, Page 10
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