CENTENARY SHOW
IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK VISITED BY KING & QUEEN. THEIR MAJESTIES CHEERED BY RECORD CROWD. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.42 p.m.) RUGBY. July 5. A record crowd greeted the King and Queen when they visited the Center. ■ ary Royal Agricultural Show in Windsor Great Park today. Their Majestie.drove in an open landau from Windsor Castle to the showground and were loudly cheered as they drove down the long walk and through the show ground to the Royal pavilion, whore they were received by the Em-1 of Athlone. deputy-President of the Show, and Princess Alice. After lunch, their Majesties made a tour of the show, lasting over three hours —a full hour more than had been anticipated. The King and Queen were given a tremendous send-off by a crowd of more than 25.000 when they left for Windsor Castle this evening. Tite King tendered a dinner to far mc-rs representing Britain, the Dominions and colonies and foreign delegates in tlie Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. It was a men only function.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1939, Page 8
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173CENTENARY SHOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1939, Page 8
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