CORONATION MEDAL.
PRESENTED TO COLONIALS-
THE CHILDREN'S FETE.
<?ress Association—Electric Telegraph—Copyrifilit. Received Saturday, 0.55 a.m. LONDON,. Friday. .The King, at Buckingham Palace, presented-the colonial troops with tho Coronation medal.
Those present included Sir Gcorgo Reid, Sir William Hall-Jones, and tho Agents-General of tho various Dominions.
The recipients of the medal included tho Australian visiting officers who participated in tho Coronation.
No medals were presented to the cadets, because..,they were not representatives. ~■■■. ■;.. .
All the members .of the Overseas Parliaments and their wives were presented to the King and Queen, who shook hands with each.
The King's entertainment of 100,000 children at the Crystal Palace was a great success. The weather was fairly fine.. The King and Queen with the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary motored to the Crystal Palace. In the afternoon the King inspected the Australian cadets and guards of honour.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11081, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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