HISTORIC GIFTS.
Anonymous New Zealander's
Action.
FAMED NAUTICAL RELICS. (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON", June 21. Nelson's quadrant and Hardy's sextant were presented to the Board of the Admiralty on behalf of an anonymous New Zealander by the Dominion Prime Minister, Mr. M. J. Savage, and High Commissioner, Mr. \V. J. Jordan, when they paid a visit to the Admiralty toda v.
The board will thank the donor for the gifts, which are to be placed in His Majesty's training ship Victory.
The gifts will be placed in the Victory's Museum. They were purchased at Christie's 1930 sale.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 146, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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97HISTORIC GIFTS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 146, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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