DELHI DURBAR
AMONG THE VETERANS
INDIA W i TRIBUTE.
X&ecediml Last 11 o'clock.)
DELHI, December U2. • After the presentation of the eoir'lours the 'King waUiked through a •'double line of eight' hundred veter--'airts. He conversed with the mien for am; hour and a half, haaidiliing their meda'ls and enquiring of their -identity. It was ; am affecting sight to see old bent men trying to straighten #bemselves aaid isalute. The King's action was> the more •appreciated because previously he Btood for an hour. The Queen, m acknowledging a presentation of jewels from the women' of India, thanked the sisterhood off India I*oa- the gentle greeting of sincere liomoigfc. Her Majesty added that, she learnt with deep satisfaction, that evolution was graduBllly and surelfy taking place amongst the inmates of Purdalh.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 5
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129DELHI DURBAR Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 5
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