The Duke of York to-day visited Weymouth and opened the new ridge over the harbour which has In doing so the Duke pressed a tric. motors capable of lifting the button which started 400-h.p. ele: trio motors capable of lifting the 100-ton spans of the bridge in one and three quarter minutes. Fifteen hundred school ehildven, in pleasure steamers, then passed under the ridge. The Duke of York recalled the visits paid to Weymbuth by his ancestor, King George IIT, and said ho, admired His Majesty for select ing Weymouth for rest and recreation—Wireless through. Reuter.
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