ROYAL TOUR OF WALES
PREPARATIONS MADE THE DISTRESSED AREAS (British Official Wireless.) ' * 'RUGBY, July 14. During their visit to Wales, the King and Queen will drive through the mining villages of Glamorgan and see something of the lives of the people who have experienced the industrial depression in the most acute form.
Last night Their Majesties went to the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and saw a Russian ballet.
DISPLAY BY CHILDREN VARIED ENGAGEMENTS CARDIFF AND SWANSEA (Reed. July 15, 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 14, The King and Queen overnight began by train a two-day 250-mile tour of Monmouthshire, South Wales, starting at Newport, where the King cut the first sod of the new civic centre. Their Majesties proceeded to Cardiff by car and watched a. display in a park by 8000 children. Other engagements were fulfilled at Swansea, and the King and Queen passed through a number of depressed areas, including Pontypridd, Mountain Ash and Aberdare. Their Majesties after tea inspected the famous Brangwyn panels at the Swansea Guild Hall before entraining for Aberystwyth, where the tour is being resumed in the morning.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 5
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