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Article : 148 wordsCrowds poured into the city yesterday to see the brilliant spectacles which marked the celebration of the Coronation. The massing of citizens had few parallels in the history of the State. ...
Article : 173 wordsA special broadcast from Daventry enabled Australian listeners to follow their Majesties from Buckingham Palace, along sections of the procession, and then through the whole ...
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Article : 494 wordsFifty thousand people assembled for a Coronation ceremony, the chief feature of Which was a military parade. Never before has such public enthusiasm been displayed. ...
Article : 47 wordsMrs. Elizabeth Andrews, 104, who saw the trooping of the colour at Kardinia Park, Geelong, this afternoon, has lived in the reigns of six monarchs. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 13 May 1937, Page 13
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