WELLINGTON’S CARILLON
MANY LISTENERS IN HYDE PARK Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 1. (Received January 2, at 12.10 pan.) Mr Clifford Ball brought his hands down on the keys as the Lord Mayor pressed the signal button and the Wellington carillon pealed out, being beard by tens of thousands of listeners in Hyde Park. At the luncheon Lord and Lady Jellicoe, Sir Granville Ryrie, and the" Agents-General for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia were present. v Lord Bledisloe said that in the New Year’s honours list there was no more notable name than that of Sir Joseph Ward. lie expected that London would follow the example of Wellington and demand n permanent carillon. Lord Jellicoe said that although he was just recovering from a severe operation he came to Hyde Park to hear the carillon.
Sir Granville Ryrie (Australian High Commissioner) said ho did not begrudge New Zealand her carillon, but he asked why it was not going to Australia.
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Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 11
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