£1156 FOR A CASKET OF TEA
(British Official Wireless.) (Received January 11, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 10. £1156 was bid in London today for a casket containing about 371 b. of Einpire-grown tea. The money will go to a charity associated with the tea industry. The occasion was the celebration of the centennial of Empire teagrowing. The Lord Mayor auctioned a sealed casket, which is not to be opened till the next centennial. A much larger casket of Empire tea inscribed with the Royal Arms was sent to the Palace for Their Majesties.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 92, 12 January 1939, Page 9
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93£1156 FOR A CASKET OF TEA Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 92, 12 January 1939, Page 9
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