WEDDING GIFTS FROM COLONIES FOR ROYAL COUPLE

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1947, Page 6

WEDDING GIFTS FROM COLONIES FOR ROYAL COUPLE

LONDON, November 13. | The peoples of the Colonial Empire are sending wedding presents of local craftsmanship to Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Gifts from the Colonies include:— Bermuda: An' armchair and four chairs of simplified Chippendale design in Bermuda cedafwood. The House of Assembly is also sending food valued at £lOOO for distribution among the needy. North Borneo: A carved chest of Borneo hardwood and a miniature as a cigar-box. St Helena: Dinner and luncheon sets of linen and lace worked by the islanders. The sets will be in a casket of iroca wood.

Malaya: A carved wooden table, a Trengganu cloth, and three pieces of silver. Mauritius: A toilet set consisting of a hairbrush, mirror, clothes . brush, and tortoiseshell combs with gold mountings, enclosed in a casket of ebony with the Mauritius coat of arms embossed in gold. I British Honduras: Fruit and nut bowls and a cigar-bdX of local woods. Furniture From Uganda Uganda: Furniture for one room. Malta: A linen tablecloth with Maltese lace and embroidery, with a set of napkins and doilies. Sierra Leone: A refectory fable. Ceylon: Specially designed pieces of furniture made from Ceylon timber. I Jamaica: A wooden cabinet con- ■ taining old Jamaica rum and liqueurs, i Fiji: A cigarette or trinket box and a double-clip brooch of hibiscus design, both of Fijian gold. Western Pacific Territory: An illuminated stamp album containing a set of stamps from all the territories. Singapore: A 22-carat gold jewel Kenya: The women of Kenya are giving a personal gift of a travelling bag made from elephants’ ears. Blankets made in Kenya will be distributed among the British people.

I Gifts To Poor I Bahamas: Girl Guides are presenting Princess Elizabeth with a tortoiseshell desk set. One thousand cases -of canned pineapples will be distributed among the British poor, while 'a fund of £5500 will be collected to 'endow four beds in a British hospital. , The London headquarters of the Hudson Bay Company has announced that the company is presenting Princess Elizabeth with a beaver coat. j The Apostolic Delegate of the 'Roman Catholic Church (Archbishop 'Godfrey) called at Buckingham (Palace and handed Princess Eliza'beth’s secretary a letter from the Pope offering a present of table ' Cinematograph Exhibitors’ I Association has joined the Kinematoi graph Renters’ Society ana 4ne ; British Film Producers’ Association 'in providing a complete film-projec-tion apparatus for the couple s country home.