The Archive · 1929

Rejoicings All Over Norway

Mar. 21.

Grows-Prince Clay of Norway and Princess Martha of Sweden were married at noon today at the church of St. Saviour, the Duke of York acting as best man.

While Oslo kept high holiday; all the church bells in Norway pealed out rejoicings whilst the ceremony was taking place.

Sixteen hundred persons were present at the church including ministers, deputies, diplomats, naval and military officers.

Crown-Prince Dav and the Duke of York walked up the aisle, to the strains of the organ, followed by 16 royal guests in a stately process sion headed by King Haakor. and Queen Maud, Then the choir burst forth wit strains of the Swedish National Anthem—"Svorige" as the bride appeared leaning on the arm of her father, followed by Prince Charles of Sweden and four Swedish and four Norwegian bridesmaids. Among, the latter was Princess Ing:

Bishop Johan Lunde officiated of the ceremony. He dwelt in his sermon on "this further union two old brother nations. wal Empire Society, Mr. Joke an, Director of the Lancashire respect the indebtedness of the companies 3 absorbed. It would aim, he said, at that ce-operation between the spinner, the manufacturer, the ut which was essential to recover the Far Bystern markets, Mr, Ryan showed that Uh broods since the War had been in cotton cloth and that pating. Trade opinion, he added, remarkably unanimous in belief that the methods of mass nroduetion employed by the Japan were the only way to recapture this trade, One of the main objects of the Corporation would be mass production, az the result of which it was hoped largely to reduce costs. The main aim of the Corporation would be to increase the orders received by Lancashire for cotton Ah by a thousand million or more yards every year.

Mr. Ryan estimated that the tial capacity of the Empire as 4 cotton producer, excluding India, was about 5,000,000 bales, The Corporation intended, he said, to irerease very quickly' the consumption of Indian cotton.

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