A snapshot at Lincoln during the speech-making connected with the unfurling of the flag.
Caption: A snapshot at Lincoln during the speech-making connected with the unfurling of the flag.
Description: A movement promoting kinship among children of the British Empire was started by the British Empire League in Australia. Lincoln District High School (primary and secondary) was the first in Canterbury to take part in the exchange of flags with school children of the 'Homeland'.
Related information: A full account of the speech made by Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Rhodes is found in the article in the "Military and Naval" section (The Canterbury times, 28 July 1909), entitled "Bonding the empire. An exchange of flags. Ceremony at Lincoln."
Source: The Canterbury times, 28 July 1909, p. 37
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