JUST—THE PRESS
ROYAL PROCESSION At the rear .of. the Royal procession at, Melbourne were three motor cars the identity of whose occupants was known to, or guessed by, comparatively few of the 500,000 people who lined the streets. These passengers took a keen interest in the speculation their appearance aroused. Themselves men of no public prominence, and of somewhat, shy and self-effacing temperament, they have no diffidence whatever in facing people whether in small masses Or large. In short, they were journalists;' representing the press of Australia. Conjectures as to their identity were often audible in the cars. They ranged all the way from “the new Lord Mayor” to “ciurks. ” At other times they were alleged to be politicians. Perhaps the most flattering, and definitely the truest, guess was that of a lady who said, “Sons of somebody or other, you may bo sure. ’ ’
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 11
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