MASTER MARINERS
A LIVERY COMPANY. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, November 5. As Master of th© Merchant Navy, the Prince of Wales had a busy day at the Merseyside, visiting numerous places of interest ashore and afloat. Ho attended a dinner of the Master Mariners Company at Liverpool Town Hall, where tflie Lord Mayor of London, in toasting the Company, announced that the Mariners’ petition to become a Livery Company of the City of London, had received the approval of the Court of Aidermen. Tho Prince of Wales, in replying, told a story of an American who had been invited to a Livery Company’s dinner. He was unable to obtain an exact definition of the word “livery,” but, after he sat down for five minutes and had a good look at the menu of twelve succulent courses, he turned to a friend, and said: “Say, now I know why you call these livery companies!” The Prince added that the Master Mariners’ Company had been made possible by the generosity of individuals and notably by Lord Rothermere, who had contributed another £5OOO.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 November 1931, Page 7
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