THE KING'S KINDNESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 306, 27 December 1922, Page 5

THE KING'S KINDNESS.

RESTORATION OF RHEIMS. PLANTS AXD SEEDS WANTED. <jßy Our Special Correspondent.) LOXDOX, November 8. King George with his natural kindliness has just sent seeds and cuttings of plants front the Royal gardens to Rheims to help in the restoration of the gardens of the ruined cito". This work is being carried out verjr actively by Miss Victoria Slade, who hopes to complete the work next spring. In the meantime she has issued a further appeal, one reply to whicu has been that of King Cteorge. The Horticultural Society hue collected a fund for the same purpose, but it is now closed. Hence the need for an appeal to private sources ior further help. The inhabitants of Rheims are expressing the most lively gratitude for the assistance which has already been rendered them. It is of interest to note that the work of clearing away the ruins in order that a new city may be erected in place of the old has led to a number of interesting discoveries. Renaissance and medieval remains have been laid bare, but the latest discovery dates still further back. Workmen clearing away rubble from cellar? in the Town Hall, quarter have brought to light the of the old GalloRoman city of Remorum, which was built on the site of the oWer Gallic township of Duroeortorum, the capital of the Remi. In the part of the town lying between the Rues Pluche, Cotta and Tambour archaeologists have identified the ruins of catacombs, a forum and Roman bathe.