WRONG ARMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 116, 19 May 1933, Page 8

WRONG ARMS.

MISTAKE OVER HERALDRY. In these days there are not many who could pass an examination in heraldic history, and it is therefore not surprising that a Christchurch relief worker, in his enthusiasm to do honour to the great pro-consul, Sir George Grey, by carving his coat-of-arms out of a solid piece of iarrah, selected the wrong arms. V It was pointed out to-day by the city librarian, Mr. John Barr, that it was evident the arms were those of Earl Grey—who never had any connection with New Zealand —and not Sir George Grey. It was likely that the relief worker, in glancing through Burke's Peerage, came across the coat-of-arms of Earl Grey and confused them with those of Sir JGeorge Grey. Mr. Barr pointed to the coat-of-arms of Earl Grey in Burke's Peerage. It is quite different from that of the former Governor of New Zealand. Sir George Grey's coat-of-arms, as described in Burke's Colonial Gentry, consisted of a barry of six white and blue pieces, three pellets and a label of three points ermine. The crest is a unicorn moving in front of a sun in splendour. The motto is "Stabilie." This coat-of-arms, which is in the lobby of the Auckland Public Library, is quite unlike that carved by the Christchurch relief worker.