Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Student Fun In Procession
Brisbane, May 5. – The annual University Commemoration Day procession through the city streets to-day was one of the brightest shows the students have staged.
There were 30 floats. Crowds estimated at 30,000 gave a delighted reception to the show.
The Golden Casket Commission and the M.L.A. for Kedron, Mr. Bruce Pie, were mildly lampooned in one float. “Spruce Bruce, the loose Papoose” was shown in his bath tub.
“Flying saucer – the only one in captivity – just for Mother’s Day” was the label on a large awkward object of wood and white paper dangling from one truck.
The “Red Dean” of Canterbury (Dr. Hewlett Johnson) was represented by a gawky figure in a red flowing gown, placarded as the “Red Bean.”
Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rosselini, and the recently proposed investigation into Hollywood’s morals were all featured. “Can you do