FEDERAL CAPITAL.
CHRISTENING TO-DAY. NAME STILL SECRET. WILL IT BE CANBERRA? Press Awn—By Telegraph—Copyright Received 10.40 p.m. Sydney, March 11. Great preparations are proceeding for the Federal capital christening ceremony to be held to-morrow. The secrecy as to the name is still strictly maintained. It will not be made known till Lady Denman opens the casket containing it. The weight of public opinion favours, and believes it will be, Canberra.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1868, 12 March 1913, Page 5
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