Vancouver, May 29.
'The Chinese population of Vancouver Joined in welcoming King George and Queen Elizabeth when the Royal couple, completing a coast lovconst. journey' across Canada about 3,000 miles in just over ten days, arrived here. today.
'The city's large Chinatown was gay with Union Jacks, which were flown tlongxide Chinese' symbols expressing hopes for peace, No tess than half a million people turned out to greet Their Majesties, Including thousands of Americans from Washington, Oregon, Tdaho and California Vancouver's large British colony turned out en masse to give the King and Queen i rousing welcome. Sec~ tions of the crowd bore banners inating their place of origin, some being inscribed Yorkshire, East Anglia and Laneashie "The King wore the Marshal of the Royal Air tribute to Vancouver's importance fas a Pacific alr force centre.
Aer being received in the City Mall by the. Socialist Mayor, 'Their Majesticn "drove round the city Crowds, which had awaited their coming' all night, gave them an en~
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