MELBOURNE CENTENARY
OVERSEAS LEAGUE PARTY. VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. LONDON, June 28. The liner Duchess of Bedford leaves Liverpool on August 4 under the auspices of the Overseas League of the British National Union, conveying a special party to the centenary, arriving at Melbourne on October 12, also visiting Canada, New Zealand, and India. A TEN-TON CAKE. SHILLING A SLICE. PROCEEDS FOR CHARITY. MELBOURNE, June 29. The centenary birthday cake will weigh ten tons. It will be cut into 250,000 slices, each with some icing and ornamental. These will be sold at a shilling each, the proceeds going to charity. The cake will contain, among other ingredients, 14 tons of butter, J j tons of sugar, li tons of flour, 44 tons of dried fruits, and 36,000 eggs. (The slices will weigh approximately 1 2-5 ounces each
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 9
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