Welcome by Pope, King and Italian Dictator
Lord Mayor of London About to Visit Italy ELABORATE PREPARATIONS British Wireless —Press Assn Copyright Reed. 10.37 a.m. RUGBY 1 , Friday. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Rowland Blades, and the Lady Mayoress, accompanied by their two eldest twin daughters, left London this afternoon on their official visit to Rome. The party will be the guests of Prince Potenziani, Governor of Rome, who has taken for them a suite of apartments at the Ambassadors’ Hotel. Elaborate preparations have been made for their welcome, and an imposing programme has been organised. Rome will be gay with flags and bunting. The party will be received by Signor Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy, and probably by the King of Italy and the Pope. An official dinner will he given in their honour by the Government and the Municipality at the Capitol. They will attend a gala performance at the opera and they will make excursions to various places of historic interest. The Lord Mayor will lay wreaths on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and on the tomb of the Kings of Italy at the Pantheon. The visit, will last five days.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 9
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198Welcome by Pope, King and Italian Dictator Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 9
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