1 ,■ . l.:x ! Earlv in August Liverpool is to celebrate ! her 700 th birthday at a public cost of £6250. It was Kin;,' John who granted the city a • charter, and the auspicious event, is to be > brought to the mind of this far later cen- • tury by means of a pageant and an exhibition of antiquities and ship models. The ; Channel Fleet will, it is stated, pay a visit i to Liverpool during the. time of the celebration. Wavertree Park and the' Edgehall 1 Estate have been selected for the pageant site, and the services of Ml. D'Arcy de •; S > Ferrars, of Ilipon pageant fame, will be V;;i I engaged upon it. The Tournament Hall, in \i •, : II Edge Lane, will be made use of, and the -.r.,x; historical exhibition will be held in the j : v > William Brown-street Buildings. The whole . '; j I 1 event is expected to attract very wide- y:| spread interest. „ : ;; r ' -i\- "."'■■' - ■" ('w y :;"i : v ' -■;. ■■-.■■-o;:Viyri
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)
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