DRENCHING RAIN.
PAGEANT PERFORMANCE CANCELLED. BOY SCOUTS BRAVE THE ELEMENTS. (Received 29, 11.15 a.m.) London, July 28. Drenching rain, intermingled with unseasonable snowfall, is responsible fo«r the cancellation of to-day performance of the Empire Pageant. The weather also slightly interfered with the Royal inspection of six hundred scouts from all over the Empire attending the jamboree. Despite the downpour the boys marched whistling to Buckingham Palace, whore an inspection was held at the riding school instead of in the quadrangle. Each detachment was grouped its own flag, which dipped to salute the King, who shook hands with, the masters and delivered a homily to the boys on the soundness of scout precepts .—(Reuter.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 197, 29 July 1924, Page 5
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113DRENCHING RAIN. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 197, 29 July 1924, Page 5
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