KING GEORGE AT FAIR.
PURCHASES FOR PRINCESSES. LONDON, Feb. 23. The King and the Duke of Kent played ' shove ha’penny while touring the British Industries Fair. The King listened to nil explanation of tlie new game of bridge, with five packs of cards, of which the Queen order specimens, as well as a dozen texts for the Buckingham Palace nursery and models of “The Three Bears.” The King, seeing woolly animals on a stand, remarked to the Queen: “Thank goodness the children are not here; wo would never get them away.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19380307.2.11
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 83, 7 March 1938, Page 2
Word Count
91KING GEORGE AT FAIR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 83, 7 March 1938, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. 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