COLOURFUL DAY AT NEW YORK

Southland Times, Issue 23817, 15 May 1939, Page 7

COLOURFUL DAY AT NEW YORK

PAGEANTRY AT WORLD FAIR UNITED KINGDOM PAVILION DEDICATED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received May 14, 6.30 p.m.) ’ NEW YORK, May 13. Today was a day of colourful pageantry at the World’s Fair. Parades, band music, waving flags, prancing horses, marching troops, gold-braided uniforms, top hats and morning clothes marking the celebration of United Kingdom Day and the dedication of the British, Australian and the colonial pavilions. The events included a reception, a review of the soldiers, sailors and marines, a luncheon, the planting of a tree in the garden of the

British pavilion, the official opening of the ceremonies, tea in the garden and a dinner tendered the British Ambassador to Washington (Sir Ronald Lindsay) by officials of the fair. The enthusiasm with which the large crowd cheered Sir Ronald Lindsay was a happy augury of the reception awaiting the King and Queen. Sir Ronald devoted his address mostly to a description of the United Kingdom exhibits, but he expressed the hope that the exhibits would serve as symbols of the deeper ties between Britain and America. “May these pavilions be a sign for all to see that instead of separating our two countries the Atlantic Ocean is a connecting link.”