WEMBLEY CLOSES.

Shannon News, 4 November 1924, Page 2

WEMBLEY CLOSES.

VISITED BX SEVENTEEN MILLIONS (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) . LONDON, Nov. 2. Fiity thousand people were 1 resent at the closing of the. Wembley Exhibition. The Staflium was a quagmire. Torrential- rain fell throughout the ceremony, which was preceded by an ho.ur qf military music. The massed pipes and drums of the Irish and Scots Guards at first marched on the running track, while workmeh dug the ground, with forks in an effort to drain the -pools oi water away. The massed bands of the Guards Played selections, after which the Prince of Wales, in a speech, said the Exhibition had been of signal service to the Empire, enabling a more sympathetic reciprocal understanding between those living in the Homeland and those overseas. The attendances had been eighteen millions, whereof five million Were children. He concluded that he understood negotiations -with a view to re-opening the Exhibition were now proceeding. Bishop Willesden led in prayer and tile audience sang “Oh Godl, our Help.” The massed bands sounded the retreat. The flags of Britain, the Dominions and colonies, which throughout the Exhibition were prominent at the summit of the Stadium walls, were struck, the crowd sang “Auld Lang Syne,” and the National Anthem, and the Prince of Wales departed, encircling the Stadium amid a continuous roar of cheers.