SCOTT CENTENARY
CELEBRATIONS IN SCOTLAND. (United 'Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, September 21. The celebrations on the occasion of thte centenary of Sir Walter Scott, the famoui Scottish novelist, reached their climax when the whole of the Border Counrty became ablaze with beacons. Prince George attended the memorial service a St. Giles’ Church, Edinburgh,- and he later laid 'a wreath on .the Scott Memorial in the presence of great; gatherixig of Scotsmen, including peers, chiftchmen, judges, professors and magistrates, who afterwards attended at luncheon at the Parliament Hall. ' Prince George in the evening attended a pageant performed by fourteen hundred school children at the Waverley Market, where scenes from Scott’s novels were acted.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1932, Page 5
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113SCOTT CENTENARY Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1932, Page 5
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