CHRISTMAS MESSAGES.
AN EMPIRE ROUND.
HIS MAJESTY TO SPEAK. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. •LONDON, Deo. 2. London on 'Christmas Day will hear the toll collector on the Sydney Harbour Bridge relate how Sydney is spending its Christmas. It Is officially announced that a speech by the King will be preceded by -an Empire exchange of messages, commencing at i.5’5 p.m. and with the ringing for five minutes of Empire-wide bells. Then will follow the chimes of “Dig Ben."
The official in charge of Wellington's milk supply will commence the network of Empire messages. Australian participants will Include a South Australian wheat-farmer, a Charleville cattle-drover, a transcontinental railway fettler on the Nullarbor Plains. The King will speak at 3 p.m.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 7
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120CHRISTMAS MESSAGES. Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 7
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