KING GEORGE IN INDIA
DEMONSTRATION AT BENARES A PROCESSION A MILE LONGBy Telecraph—Press Association—CopyrlclA. (Received December 10, 5.5 p.m.) BOMBAY, December 9. Their Majesties’ state entry into Delhi was celebrated at Benares, the sacred city of the Hindus, their portraits being borne in a howdah, fob lowed by a procession a mile in length, including elephants, camels, infantry, cavalry, artillery, school children, and carriages filled with richer folk, to the Queen’s Park, amidst enormous enthusiastic throngs. A MEMORIAL TO KING-EDWARD. DELHI, December 8. The Kmg laid the foundation-stono of the all-India memorial to King Edward. It was an impressive ceremony.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7980, 11 December 1911, Page 1
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