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The LORD-LIEUTENANT of the County of Northumberland (His Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND) will present the Mayor and Sheriff of Berwick, the Town Clerk and Recorder, and the Chief Constable of Northumberland
A Loyal Address will be read, and His ROYAL
HIGHNESS will graciously respond
A Guard of Honour of the Depot of K.O.S.B., with Pipe Band, 5th Battn. K.O.S.B. (Territorials), will be at the Station entrance, and will be inspected by His RoYAL HIGHNESS

The CHAIRMAN of the COUNTY COUNCIL will present the Chairman of the Bridges and Roads Committee of the County Council, the Clerk of the County Council, the County Surveyor and the Designers and Contractors for the Bridge, and will lequest the latter to make their presentations to His ROYAL HIGHNESS
The CHAIRMAN of the BRIDGES AND ROADS COMMITTEE will invite His ROYAL HIGHNESS to
. open the Bridge
OPENING AND ADDRESS BY His ROYAL HIGHNESS There will be on the ground a Guard of Honour. 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, with Band, the local branch of the British Legion and other ex-Service men, local Troops of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, and a few old people who saw the Royal Border Bridge opened by Queen Victoria in 1850

There will bo on the ground at this end about 2,000 children, who will sing ' God bless the Prince of Wales,' and a contingent of Marines, Lifeboat Men and Berwick Salmon Fishermen
His Royal Highness's speeches at the Station and at the Bridge, together with those of the Chairman of the County Council and the Chairman of the Bridges and Roads Committee, will be broadcast, and a descriptive Commentary on the Ceremony given by Mr. ALAN THOMPSON and Mr. GEORGE L. MARSHALL

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