SOUTHAMPTON DOCK
THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPENED
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY', July 26
The King opened the world’s largest graving dock at Southampton. The Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York accompanied him in the royal yV.chts Victoria Mind lAlbert, whoso bows broke a red white and blue ribbon across the entrance as she entered the flower-strewn waters of the dock to . the accompaniment of cheering crowds and the music of massed bands.
In declaring the dock opened, the' King expressed special satisfaction in inaugurating suc-h a splendid addition to the clock system of the port. He said: “It is as true to-day'as ever that the welfare of this country is largely bound up with the prosperity of its sea-borne traffic. Realising the vital need for efficiency in our ports, as in all other requirments of our merchant navy, I look upon the opening of this ,the largest graving dock in the world, as a good augury for the future of Southampton.”
The Queen christened the dock hv pouring into the water Empire wine
from a silver cup
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1933, Page 5
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178SOUTHAMPTON DOCK Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1933, Page 5
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