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HAIL THE HEROES! CARDIFF CITY ’8 WELCOME CARDIFF CITY’S WEUCOME (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, April 25. The Cardiff team made a triumphal progress home. It was farewelled by crowds at Paddington, and from there railway men, factory workers and townspeople lined the track for the whole distance, including thousands at Reading. One hundred thousand welcomed the team at Cardiff. The whole city was decorated with the club colours. All business and traffic was suspended from noon till the evening. Aeroplanes flew over the route of the procession. There was an enormous concourse in Cathay Park. The crowd sang the Welsh National Anthem,
NOTICE TO SECRETARIES Secretaries of chibs are asked to note that teams for Saturday’s matches must be handed in not later than 7 o ’clock on Thursday evening for publication in Friday’s issue. On no account will teams be published on Saturday.— Sports Editor.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19826, 28 April 1927, Page 4
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146SOCCER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19826, 28 April 1927, Page 4
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