ST. GEORGE’S DAY
SUNNY APRIL MANY INERESTING LECTURES. (United Frees Assn—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 23. Sunny Ajprll skies canopied many scenes of pageantry in England on 9t George’s Day. Ninety thousand chanted the anthem as their Majesties entered Wembley Stadium to witness the Cup ttn«i Stratford-on-Avon was gay with flags and flowers to welcome the Prince of Wales, who opened Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. St. Paul’s Cathedral glittered with medieval ceremony and resounded with solemn music when the Duke of York, accompanied by the Duchess, saw hia banner affixed over his stall at the annual service of the ordei) of St. Michael and St. George. Zeehrugge’s heroic memories were recalled at a service of St. Mary’s, Dover, where the Mayor struck eight bells on Zeehrugge Bell, presented by the King; also a service was held at St. George’s, Canterbury, attended by a detachment of Buffs regiment.
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Inangahua Times, 26 April 1932, Page 2
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147ST. GEORGE’S DAY Inangahua Times, 26 April 1932, Page 2
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