LOCK OF NELSON’S HAIR

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 79, 27 December 1929, Page 11

LOCK OF NELSON’S HAIR

Wreaths from all parts of the Empire were placed on the plinth of the Nelson column in Trafalgar Square, London, on October 19, in readiness for the Nelson Day celebrations on October 21. Among the emblems w’ere an anchor of laurel leaves sent by the descendants of the officers who fought at the Battle of. Trafalgar, and a design in flowers of a modern battleship from the officers and crew of H.M.S. Tiger. At Bristol’s Trafalgar Day celebration Miss la Penotiere, grand-daughter of Captain la Penotiere, who carried the despatches from Trafalgar to the Admiralty, wore a locket containing a lock of Nelson’s hair. Preaching in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, the Rev. Father Valentin, administrator of the Eastern I acific charge of the Roman Catholic missions, told an amusing story to illustrate the simplicity and ingenuity of the native mind. He had mentioned the Scriptural injunction that women should enter the House of God with their heads covered. Lo and behold, the next Sunday the first native woman to arrive was seen to be wearing a hat. Once inside she threw it out ot the window, and the next of the women waiting outside put it on before making her entrance. The process was repeated time after time, and Father Valentin counted 40 wornca who had worn the same hat.