KING GEORGE STATUE
SITE NEAR THE ABBEY LONDON, Oct. 27. King George V.’s statue is being erected on a site specially cleared near Westminster Abbey. It will be a bronze figure, ten feet high, in naval uniform and wearing Garter robes. The memorial fund has reached a total of £590,000, of which £391,000 has been allotted for playing fields throughout Britain, of which 1600 are under consideration.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 7
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67KING GEORGE STATUE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 7
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