PANAMA EXHIBITION.
official opening. . . BY WIRELESS SIGNAL. \ Received 21, 5.30 p.m. San Francisco, February 20., President Wilson sent a wireless sigr nal to the Panama Exhibition groundscausing tile gates to swing open, and . the machinery to start. It <tl.-o unfurled the flags, which acted' as th« signal for the artillery salute to b« - fired. At an early hour every steam- . whistle, ashore and afloat, bells gongs, and, every conceivable noise-produeer,-was utilised-to notify the citizens that exhibition day had dawned. \ Forty-one foreign nations arc- repr?« suited. Messages from President Wilson were read during tflje opening ceren oiiihij congratulating the participants.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 4
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99PANAMA EXHIBITION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 4
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