QUEEN'S CUP OF COFFEE.
"Queen Alexandra has obtained what must be a record price for a cup of coffee," says the Little Paper. " She dropped in to lend a hand with the work at the soldiers' free buffet at London Bridge Station, when up came a jovial old farmer from Kent.
" The soldiers did not know the Queen; they called her ' Missus' and gave her little money presents for the fund, and went their way unknowing. But the old farmer recognised her, and the Queen poured him out a cup of coffee. The farmer drank it, and then, taking out his cheque-book, wrote a cheque for £5 and went home.
"The next thing heard from him was in th< form of another cheque,-this time for £50, which sum he had collected from his neighbours.
" A few days later he puffed into the buffet again to take another £25, and to say that he was not going to rest until he. had made his contribution .a round £•100 in payment for the Queen's cup of coffee."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160401.2.154
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 78, 1 April 1916, Page 14
Word Count
175QUEEN'S CUP OF COFFEE. Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 78, 1 April 1916, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in