Papers [manuscript]. 1951.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1951.

Two manuscripts entitled: "Presentation of the Speaker's Chair" (8 p.) and "The opening of Parliament at Canberra" (8 p.). Both were broadcasted by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd Radio Station 2CH by Hilda Abbott - the first broadcast (dealing with the presentation of the Speaker's Chair for the House of Representatives by the Marquis of Salisbury on behalf of the British government in 1926) on the 16th April, 1951 and the second (relating to the 1927 opening of Parliament) on 23 April, 1951.

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