EASTER AT HOME.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 91, 19 April 1927, Page 7

EASTER AT HOME.

Twelve Hours* Brilliant Sunshine. EGGS FOR THE PRINCESS. LONDON. April If. 1 .aster Sunday was but there w«tc 3 2 hours of brilliant sunshine, ureal crowd* of London residents vera attracted to HampMead Heath. Kcw and other parks. a»d the Thames-side town® were thronged. The roads were alive with mol.nr eariL Ihe occupants of which had everv prospect of sj.cndm ? a most eniorab'le boljday. King George and Queen Mary aliendol the e\enmr service at St.." <rcorge'« (bapel. Windsor. The building a lovely sj.ert.aclc after its reconstruction. Princess LHzabelb wa* Ihe recipient of Laster eggs and other prcscnis from Queen Mary and Viscountess LascclleiL whose two sonf are t.aking peat delight in their lial*y cousin.

destroying pests. CHILDREN'S USEFUL DAY. (Keccived ]] »tn) LONDON. April IR. A thousand school children, including Boy Scouts and l.irl Guides. spent * heyday afternoon oarrvinj: out a no\r| offensive j n Hyde 3'ark and Kensington Careen v. Armed with long Lamlioos studded with screws. 1 hey spread out over tbo w_ho3e area of the parks and destrov el thousands of cocoons full of caterpillar <*£gs. It i* estimated lhat 5,('C»(1.0H9 eggs were destroyed. The atl-aek wav organised by iho College of Peslology. which is planning a yearly offensive against mosquitoes. as well as caterpillars.