WEMBLEY.
PAGEANT OF EMPIRE. FREE ADMISSION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received July 16, 9.20 a.m. LONDON, July 15. In the House of Commons, replying to a question,. Mr. W. Lunn said it had been arranged to throw open at the performances of the pageant of the Empire nearly half the total accommodation in the stadium free of charge to the public The Government had arrived at this decision despite the sacrifice in revenue, because it realised that the pageant would not merely be a magnificent spectacle, but also an educational instrument of the .Highest value. It desired to give all classes, especially ehaildren, every facility for witnessing it.—Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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