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LORD MAYOR OF LONDON JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, August 8. (Received August 10, at 5.5 p.m.) The Lord Mayor of London (Sir Percy Vincent), accompanied by Lady Vincent and a deputation from the Corporation of the City of London, left this morning on an official visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, to to present at the jubilee celebrations of that city. The party included sheriffs, the Lord Mayor's mace bearer and sword bearer and the city marshal. They are taking with them and will present to the city of Vancouver a mace which is almost an exact copy of the city of London mace. Members of organisations in the United Kingdom which have sought to secure a resumption of Empire migration have received invitations to attend a conference at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, from September 23 to 25 to establish plans for restarting family settlement in that province.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22956, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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150VISIT TO COLUMBIA Otago Daily Times, Issue 22956, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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