OLDEST PARLIAMENT
ICELAND CELEBRATIONS i- / LONDON, February 20. A mission from Iceland has arrived 'n London with a view of arranging 1 celebrations, in June, 1930, for the I.oooth anniversary of th© “Althing”— the world's oldest Parliament, which formerly met out of doors in a rocky natural chamber called the Thingvellir, says the “Manchester Guardian/ Speakers and presidents of European Parliaments, and a limited number of will bo invited to attend a Picturesque ceremony, representing the °nginal Assembly, in th© historical costume and setting., i ZT enty thousand people, of whom . are Icelandic Americans, char“nng two Cunard liners, will be accommodated in a huge camp near the Tbtafvellir.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 9
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108OLDEST PARLIAMENT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 9
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