FREEDOM OF CANTERBURY
HONOUR TO THE ARCHBISHOP. BOTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, April 8. Picturesque mediaeval pageantry accompanied the gift of the freedom of Canterbury, in recognition of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 80th. birthday. The Archbishop, in gorgeous vestments, took part in the procession from the Cathedral, accompanied by bedesmen bearing white wands, amid cheers from the crowds gathered in Old Works Street. .As they approached the Guildhall a welcoming blast was sounded on an ancient horn. The freedom was contained in an oaken casket made from timbers of the Cathedral, dating from 1400. The sheriff recalled the Archbishop’s heroism when, as a Kentish curate, he carried a cholera-stricken servant downstairs to the ambulance. The Archbishop recalled that he had known many great men from sovereigns downward; he had been the intimate friend of seven British Premiers. His friends included hundreds of Bishops throughout the world. He paid a tribute to his wife and colleagues in lightening the burden of office. Dwelling on war memories he said he had sat at Canterbury listening to the drumming of the deadly guns in Flanders.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1928, Page 9
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