CANADIAN PILGRIMS.
ENTERTAINED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. * (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) (By Official Wireless). , * RUGBY, July 29. i Eight thousand Canadian pilgrims were entertained at a garden party at Buckingham Palace at which the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester acted as host and hostess on behalf of King Edward. Half-way through the proceedings His Majesty himself appeared among the guests, who gave him an .overwhelming reception and he was surrounded by a surging and cheering i crowd until both hosts and guests were forced to .seek shelter from a heavy downpour of rain. Afterwards His Alajesty spoke a few words to the pilgrims from the balcony of the Palace. He asked t,o what extent Britain had any military, naval or air commitments the terms of which had not been made public. The Foreign Secretary had declared in the House of Commons that His Alajcsty’s Government had no unpublished commitments.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 July 1936, Page 5
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