THE DELHI WELCOME
A' MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE
Received December 9 3 12.50 a.m
' CALCUTTA, December 8
. The Viceroy, the Governors, the Executive Council and natives welcomed their Majesties at Delhi station. Troops lined the procession route to Delhi Fort; where the chiefs received their Majesties, who then made a State entry.into Delhi Gate, the King riding alone on a bay charger j and the Qiieen in a State carriage. The procession circled Jumumasjid, thence to Chandnichowk, tho guns booming throughout the day.
At the pavilion on the Ridge, J. L. Jenkins, on behalf of 200 representatives of British India, presented' an address before their' Majesties entered tho edifice. : The King replied amid tumultuous enthusiasm, paying tributes, to tho valued experience of tho members" of. the Legislative Council and the British Indies' chosen representatives.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12840, 9 December 1911, Page 5
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