London, Mar Before leaving the Guildhall today. M. Albert Lebrun, the President of France, gave the sum of £500 to the Lord Mayor of London, Major Sir Frank Bowater, for the London poor.
The City of London entertained President and Madame Lebrun today in accordance with ancient traditions.
The visitors began their fourteen-hour programme at 9.30 this morning when they drove in procession with a King's Escort of Guards to the Guildhall. where, after an address of welcome, a distinguished company cluding the Duke and Duchess: Kent; Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, and Lord Halifax,
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