PICTURESQUE SCENES.
TEHERAN, April 26. j The festivities in connection with the coronation of Riza'Shah still continue and the town, lavishly decorated and gay with bunting, has been brilliantly illuminated at nights. Yesterday the Shah reviewed here the army, about 6,000 strong, complete with tanks and armoured ears, whose smart appearance and generally efficient bearing evoked praise and enthusiasm from the distinguished crowd of diplomats present. The Shah, in khaki uniform, entered the capacious drill square mounted on a gaily caparisoned, magnificent white charged, and rode slowly along the lines amid the prolonged cheering of the troops, later taking the salute on foot—a truly regal figure, obviously keenly interested and sternly critical, as well as undoubtedly justly proud of this army of his own creation. A picturesque mounted escort of various tribesmen in their weird and wonderful costumes and varied headgear. which concluded the march past, provided a vivid flash of colour. This afternoon the Shah inaugurated a wireless station recently built outside the town, which broadcasted the first official wireless message from the Persian capital to the outside world.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1926, Page 1
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