SOME FUTURE FIXTURES.
■ • •. . Lpndon, May 11. - The Military Tournament, for which preparations have been going on for some time, has been abandoned.
At King George's] express the' horso show at Olyinpia will be held.
The League of Empire ' headquarters advise that tho holding of Empire Day celebrations in Great Britain will be carried out with a few modifications, including the' , abandonment of Field-Mar-shal Lord Eoberts's review of boys in Hyde Park. . , ■ . . . ' Sydnoy, May 12. Empire Day celebrations ere to be carried out in New South Wales. OVERSEA MESSAGES. FROM THE,FEDERAL PARLIAMENT!. London, May 11. The CJueon Mother was deeply touched by a message of condolence sent by the pearlers of Broome, Western Australia. Her. Majesty replied, thanking them for their sympathy.
■■■i •• . Melbourne, May 12. The message from the Federal Parliament to King George pays a tribute' to King Edward, by whoso death, it states, the British Empire has lost a father, and the whole civilised world has lost a friend and its greatest peacemaker. The address refers to the 'coincidence thai King George Vrns vrodiiimed King on the same date as ho opened the first ComnionwealtliParljament.' It is trusted that this will prove a happy augiirj for Australia. ' ' '"~ • An assurance .is given of the unbounded loyalty of Australia to the Crowu.
MEMORIAL TO LATE KING! .'■■'"•'• Sydney, May 12. Tho State Government will consider at an early date tho- question of the erection of a permanent memorial to tho late King Edward. ..■',-
The Governor of • Tasmania, MajorGeneral Sir Harry Barron, proclaimed King Georgo V from the steps of the Public Buildings. -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 816, 13 May 1910, Page 5
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261SOME FUTURE FIXTURES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 816, 13 May 1910, Page 5
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