BRITISH NEWS.
NURSE CAVELL STATUE. By Teleeraph.—Press Assn. —Cnpjrleht. London, March 17Queen Alexandra unveiled a statue of Edith Cavell in Trafalgar Square on the island site where the Gordon statue stood prior to its removal to Khartoum. The statue was: erected by Daily Telegraph subscribers. It is cut out of white marble and shows Nurse Cavell standing erect in a nurse's uniform. There was a distinguished British and Belgian gathering. Queen Alexandra, welcoming the Belgian delegation, drew attention to the blending of the British and Belgian flags on the statue, as symbolical of the perpetual friendship between the two nations.—lmperial Serj'm.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1920, Page 5
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