SEVEN-HOUR VISIT TO GERMANY

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27668, 26 May 1955, Page 2

SEVEN-HOUR VISIT TO GERMANY

Princess Margaret Back In London (N Z. Press Association— Copyright) 1 BERLIN, May 23. Princess Margaret today presented new colours to the Ist Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, during a whirlwind seven-hour visit to Germany, which was curtailed by a severe typhoid epidemic in the Ruhr. ... The Princess arrived just before midday at the Wahn Airport, near Cologne, was driven on an autobahn at 90 miles an hour to Wuppertal, SO miles away, visited the Suffolks there, and by 6 p.m. local time was on her way home again to England. She landed at London Airport just before aU ln' an address to the 400 Suffolk men on parade. Princess Margaret commended the new colours to the regiment’s safe keeping. They replace colours 108 years old—the oldest surviving regimental colours in the British Army. The Princess was to have visited the 3rd Hussars tomorrow at Iserlohnn, but the trip was called off to guard her from the danger of typhoid, which is raging in nearby Hagen.

PLUNKET SOCIETY

WOOLSTON SUB-BRANCH An important occasion during the year for the Woolston sub-branch of the Plunket Society was the opening of the new rooms, says the annual report. Thanks are expressed to friends and parents for gifts of furniture and other amenities. Many of the sub-branch’s activities were sponsored by individual members and all worked hard during the year to keep the general and building funds afloat. The Mothers’ Club gave valuable help as well as a yearly donation. The Plunket nurse (Miss Myers) reported as follows: new baby cases 214; visits of babies to rooms, 2365; visits to babies in homes, 1220; visits of pre-school children, including those examined by School Medical Officer. 551; telephone conversations, 92; babies under supervision, 210; preschool children under supervision. 306; car mileage, 621.