Miners Cheer the Prince
‘BETTER TIPAN EMPEROR COOK!”
A typical instance of the Prince ol Wales’ consideration for others ocCUIT ed in October, when he began at Doncaster his four-days, tour of the West Riding of Yorkshire. When lie emerged from the marquee under which lie had laid tin' inundation of the Queen Alexandra memorial ward of the new Royal Infirmary the rain was falling heavily, but he refused to allow the liood of his motor-car to be raised and drove in the open car protects only bv an umbrella held by the mayor—for more than two hours through streets in which 150,000 people--cludimr many miners—had gathered to greet him with the heartiest cheers. . . . , At one point a miner cried out: “Three cheers for the Prince! Good luck to you! That’s better than Emperor Cook!”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10299, 7 January 1927, Page 3
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135Miners Cheer the Prince Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10299, 7 January 1927, Page 3
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