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— A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL. (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 9. a.m.) LONDON, Dee. 9. Ten thousand participated m Toe. H. birthdav festival which began by tho Diano service at Westminster Ahhev, 1() which they marched, beaded by Rord Plumcr, burgomaster of V pres. MO padres and 275 banner hearers from branches throughout the Empire. Afterwards they paraded past- the 1 nkitown Warrior’s t-oinh. There was a fathering in the evening at Albert Hall where Lin'd Forster presiding, read llis Majesty's latest bulletin.^1 Tie vast audience then rose and sang “(md Save the King.” Thereafter a sonnrcligious masque was presented, din.— t rating Toe. 11. ideals, in which 800 costumhd performers and a massed choir of five hundred voices participated. Finally there was a solemn ceremony of lighing the Lamps of Romornfirance, the festival concluding with . .Archbishop Davidson’s prayers. Lord
Foster read messages from Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington and Christchurch. TOC H. FESTIVAL. LONDON, Dec. 9. The Family of Toe TT assembled for their birthday festival at Albert Hall, sent a message to His Majesty and received a reply from the Queen saying tho King (appreciated the kind thought. The Buromastor of Ypros recalled with gratitude the time when armies from Britain and Dominions rushed towards Ypros and showed an invincible resistance in the face of the enemy. lord Forster opened the Toe H. festival.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1928, Page 5
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