PRINCE OF WALES

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 February 1926, Page 8

PRINCE OF WALES

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES.

FIRST HONORIARY DIPLOMA

LONDON, Jan. 7. The PrinceVof Wales has been presented with the honorary diploma of the Society of Apothecaries. This is the first time in the long history of the society that the diploma has been awarded honoris causa, and by accepting it hiis Royal Highness is licensed “to practise medicine, midwifery, and surgery.”

At the request of the Prince, the diploma was presented at York House, St. James's Palace, shortly after his return from Windsor, where he and his brothers had been shooting. The Master' of the Society, Hr. Vincent 'Dickinson, who bestowed the diploma, was accompanied by two wardens (Or. Alfred Hepburn and Dr. It,. Whiteside Statham), Mr. Samuel Osborn, and Mr. Bingham Watson, the clerk of thy company. The members of the deputation wore their official robes. The master delivered a brief address, and the Prince replied. The diploma, which was enclosed in a handsome casket, had been designed and prepared under the guidance of Mr. Oswald Barron, Fellow off the Society of Antiquaries, who is honorary adviser io the society. The casket is finished i" grey shagreen, harnessed with silver. The cover is ornamented in silver with the arms of the society and a single leather from the Prince of Wales’s arms, with the motto “le.li Dien.” It is understood that the single feather is in keeping with an old design on certain silver in the possession of His ll.oya! Highness. The body of the casket is made w mahogany, and to ensure that it was “seasoned’’ an eighteenth century table was cut up to supply the wood.