DUKE PLAYS POLO
ACTIVITIES AT COLOMBO. PRESENTATION TO CEYLON. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright) COLOMBO, Sept. 21. The Duke of Gloucester participated in three polo chukkas, twice on the winning side. He especially impressed the crowd with the way he mastered a partcularly tricky pony named Begorrah.. He took train at midnight for Nuwara Eliya, where he will rest •in preparation for, Sunday’s ceremony of the presentation of the historic Kandyan throne and crown, which are being transferred from the 'Sussex’s quarter-deck on Saturday with dignified ceremony to the safe-keeping of the Ceylon police.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 September 1934, Page 6
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95DUKE PLAYS POLO Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 September 1934, Page 6
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