THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
A WREATH FROM AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 28. The act that a wreath arrived from Australia in ice fired the imagination of a largo crowd at Westminster Abbey, who watched Mr. W. M. Hughes, accompanied by Six* J. D. Connolly, AgentGeneral, place the West Australian soldiers’ wreath on the unknown soldier’s grave. Tlie Dean of Westminster referred to the valour of the Australians and expressed England’s gratitude at this act performed on behalf of the Australian people. He described Mr. Hughes as the greatest man the Commonwealth had ever produced. Mr. Hughes was evidently taken by surprise at having to make a speech on such an occasion, and spoke laborelly. He alluded to the Anzac’s achievements and said his act in placing a wreath had annihilated the distance separating the Motherland and Australia. ■Subsequently Mr. Hughes placed another Perth wreath on the cenotaph. The frozen wreaths have not proved altogether satisfactory and have been partially restored here.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7
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162THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7
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