ALEXANDRA DAY.
TWENTY THOUSAND ROPF..SELLERH (B* Euomo Tombafh—Cornian.) (Pm Pint Association.) LONDON. June 25. Mexandra Dav vm celebrated by twenty thousand ladies' selling roses in til© street* for charities. They included many titled Lidies*. u hundred New Zealand S'fls White Hall tinder Ladv Islington, and fort y Australians under Ijdv Keid in the Strand. Queen Alexandra drove through the chief thoroughfares received an ovation.
CABINET MEETING INVADED
TOTAL TAKINGS £45.000
(Tuns amd Stdnit Son Bsavictt.) Received June 26, 9.0 a.m. LONDON, June 25
A two year-old rose seller waylaid Queen Alexandra's carriage. Her Majesty alighted and bought bunches. The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert paid half a sovereign each for bunches. The rose-sell-ers penetrated into Downing street, interrupted a Cabinet meeting and pinned buttonholes on the Ministers. The New Zealand<»rs accepted Mm Asquith s hospitality at Downing street. Girls entered Old Itailey and sold a hundred ro*» to ooutwei and reporters. The rose taking# exoeeded *,45. 000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9833, 26 June 1914, Page 5
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158ALEXANDRA DAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9833, 26 June 1914, Page 5
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