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Show RED ROSE FOR Kll TRIOUTEFROITOI Beautiful 'Ancient-'- 'Custom Obligatory to This Day' in' English Village. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Nov. 9. The kiujr and queen have returned to London from Sandrinham, and after holding a privy council Tiis majesty left for Cbjltou Lodc, Jfnnerford, where he will ' be the guest of tho lion. John Ward for u week's shootinp. Tho littlo town of ITunerford has never presented such" a brilliant spectacle spec-tacle as. it did laBt night,- when the, king drove through tbo streets to Chilton Chil-ton Lodge. Tho route traversed by hia majesty was a blaze of light. Venetian masts conneetod with go.rlands and pennants pen-nants were- erected from the station to the end of the town. One arch wan composed of agricultural implements,, aud was illuminated by electricity generated gen-erated by a lant erected at tho base. Tho king was received a(, the station by the Hon. John "Ward, mid J. C. Ad-dams, Ad-dams, constable of llungerfonl, in accordance ac-cordance with ancient tradition pre-Rented pre-Rented his niajcsLy with a rod rose. It is incumbent on tho town, which was formerly part ot tho Diichy of Lancaster, to present a rod rose to the reigning Hovereigxi when' vj.sil.iug or passing through the town. The townspeople of ll'ungorford sent six trout to Chilf.on I-iodgo for his majesty ma-jesty dinner. Koiuiet trout nro, of course, famous, and tho inhabitants have had the right of froo fisKiog since tho days of Ivlward II L It was granted grant-ed to them by John of GuunL |