Word: ribboners
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...foot the official party then trudged to the North Sydney end of Sydney's Dream where the Mayor of North Sydney was waiting to cut another ribbon with the very pair of scissors used by Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker to open the Bayonne Bridge linking New Jersey to Staten Island...
Mounted and pedestrian police formed a solid phalanx around tall Premier Lang and the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game, as they advanced to cut the ribbon that would open Sydney's "Dream of the Century." Royal Air Force planes were buzzing high above, prepared to dive under the arch at the historic moment. Massed below the bridge was a fleet of 150 motorboats. A salute of 21 guns had begun, a band had burst into "Advance, Australia Fair!" and six-foot Premier Lang was advancing with his shiny pair of scissors-when suddenly...
...officer of the Commonwealth," he shouted, "in the name of common decency declare this bridge open!" and with a swish of his sword the man on horseback cut the ribbon...
...severed ribbon was tied together. Premier Lang cut it with his shiny scissors. On behalf of His Majesty George V, "of Australia King," Sir Philip Game read a message...
...Leader Haardt the ribbon of a com-mander of the Lesion d'Honneur; to Explorer Williams a chevalier's ribbon...