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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6942, 22 June 1929, Page 14

PRINCESS BETTY GIVES KING BIRTHDAY KISS. Princess Elizabeth, the thrcc-ycar-old daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, gave the Xing his first birthday kiss and also a posy she had picked from the gardens on the East Terrace at Windsor. Choosing wallflowers on account of their fragrance, she explained that they were not her real present, which was a simple gift chosen by the Duchess of York and lied with a scarlet ribbon. She handed it over with a curtesy followed by a hug and a kiss. The Royal birthday cake bore lettering wishing the King a complete recovery. Princess Elizabeth, who helped to cut it, thought it should have been decorated with pink candles. Followed The Cow. A labourer was ploughing and as the furrows were very uneven, the farmer told him to look at something at the other end of the fields as a guide. ‘■'That cow by the gate," he said, "is. right opposite us. Now, work straight for her." "Right you are, sir!" said the man. Coining back later on the farmer was annoyed to And that the plough had been travelling all over the field. "What's the meaning of this?" he demanded. "I just did what you told me, sir. I worked straight for the cow, but the creature didn't keep still!"