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GUESTS APPLAUD KING’S DECLARATION PRESENTATION OF COLOUR. TO CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.0 p.m.) ‘ ' VICTORIA, May 30. When the King said in his speech that prosperity lies in co-operation and not in conflict, distinguished guests so approved that they threw etiquette to the winds, rose to their feet and cheered and applauded. The Premier, Mr Pattullo, welcoming the King, declared that British Columbia was firm and steadfast. In a function in Victoria, a presentation was made of a Coloui’ to the Western Command of the Royal Canadian Navy, on the sun-dappled Beacon Hill. It was the first occasion on which a sovereign has ever personally presented his colour to naval forces ■outside the United Kingdom.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1939, Page 6
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122ETIQUETTE IGNORED Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1939, Page 6
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