ST. FATRICK’S NIGHT.
BANQUETS IN LONDON. By Cable —press Association —Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Deceived March 18, midnight.) LONDON, March 18. St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated in London by a banquet at tho Irish Club, at which tho Prince of Wales was the principal guest, and Urn Four Provinces of Ireland Chib, where there was a record gathering of twelve hundred, including Mr Baldwin ’ and Cardinal Bourne. The companies at both functions were distinguished. The Prince of Wales concluded a humorous speech by hoping that Irishmen the world over were spending an equally happy St. Patrick’s night. The chairman of the four provinces presented Mr Baldwin with'a case of Irish bqiar pipes. A sensation as Mr Baldwin rose, was caused by a priest throwing a lighted firework from tho gallery of the banquetting room, which sot fire to ihc carpet, and caused a woman guest to faint. Tho offender was ejected.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 March 1926, Page 9
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150ST. FATRICK’S NIGHT. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 March 1926, Page 9
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