EMPIRE DAY
LONDON CELEBRATIONS,
BY CABLE—PSESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT
(Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.)
LONDON, May 24 (delayed)
There were many Empire Day celebrations, including a concert in Hyde Park, in which a choir df 10,000 voices took part; also a service at, St. Paul's for the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
The King and Queen attended a memorial service at Westminster Abbey for the fallen Dominions' soldiers.
A hundred thousand people attended the festival in Hy#e Park, which, concluded with, an enthusiastic demonstration as the King and Queen, in response to an insistent demand, ascended the conductor's platform, the crowd singing the National Anthem and "For He's a Jolly Good-Fellow.-'1
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 6 June 1919, Page 5
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107EMPIRE DAY Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 6 June 1919, Page 5
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