VISITING THE PITMEN.
THEIR iIAJESTIES DISAPPOINTED. (SYDNEY U SUN"< SPECIAL.) (Received July 11, : 7-45 p.m.) london; July n.. Their Majesties toured the pitmen's towns of Newton k> pillows, Ashton-under-Tyne, Abram, Hindley, •and Wigan. The landscape consisted chiefly of colliery shafts. The greeting of the King and Queen was enthusiastic. The pit-brow lassies are living in the streets. They disappointed the Royal visitors by wearing their beet clothes.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 July 1913, Page 5
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67VISITING THE PITMEN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 July 1913, Page 5
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