Canterbury's centennial celebrations in the summer of 1950–51 featured two celebratory processions. The first was '100 years of progress', which was a historical pageant. The second was a floral procession reflecting Canterbury's pride in the fertility of its soil and Christchurch's identity as the garden city. 'The Crown Jewels' was the float of metal manufacturers A. & T. Burt Limited, which expressed the province's continued loyalty to the British monarch.
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