SCOTS ADVERTISE EXHIBITION WITH ‘FIERY CROSSES’
(Rec. 10.5 a.m.) *■ • LONDON, August 11. Twenty-five runners from the Scottish Athletic Association arrived in London from Edinburgh with “fiery crosses,” the Scottish symbol that the country is in danger, which was last brought to England in 1745 when “Bonny Prince Charlie” marched south.
The runners worked in relays and covered 407 miles in 47£ hours. They carried 10 crosses, nine of which will be sent overseas by air to advertise the Scottish exhibition of industrial design opening in Edinburgh on August 25, one cross arriving at Sydney on August 15 and another at Auckland on August 16. Oilier crosses are going to Canada, South Africa, the United States, Belgium, Denmark, France and Holland.
The crosses, which were made from the branches of birch trees, were lighted before the runners left Edinburgh. They will be re-lighted when they arrive at their destination. Sir George Wilkinson received the cross for England.on behalf of the Lord Mayor of London.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1947, Page 7
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