EMPIRE DAY
GATHERING IN NEW YORK. RECEPTION TO AMBASSADOR. New York, May 26. Britons from every part of the Empire joined in the celebrations of Empire Day here. Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, at a reception tendered in his honour, said: “Never in the history of the world has there been any political entity like the British Empire to-day. It is composed of a federation of free people and however much we may have been criticized in the past wherever the British Empire has been it has made for the progress of civilization and the happiness of the world.”—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20498, 29 May 1928, Page 7
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102EMPIRE DAY Southland Times, Issue 20498, 29 May 1928, Page 7
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