Iss As Monument to Late King George Y.

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 159, 8 July 1938, Page 2

Iss As Monument to Late King George Y.

PROPOSAL IN ENGLAND LONDON, June IS. An mn. as a monument to the late Xing George V. was proposed this w«ek at Bognor Begis. It would be called the King George V. Inn and the Royal portrait would appear on tho =iga over tho door. Browers who are to erect new aoensed premises near the site of Lraigwcii House, where King George V. recuperated in 1929, applied to the Lord Chamoerlain for permission to namo the premises after the late King. Hr. fialph Ellis, of Arundel, who has painted hundreds of inn signs on the south coast, will, if the permission is granted, paint a sign depicting King ‘ »eorge V. The sign will then have to be shown to the Lord Chamberlain before it can be exhibited. Mr. Frank Blogg, who is to be the licensee of the new inn, is planning to turn it into a George V. museum. Ho -aid: "I have a number of relics of King George’s stay, including tho labels from his luggage and have saved from the ruins of Craigweil House his bath, his fireplace, and other fixtures and articles of furniture. I also plan to decorate the walls with pictures of incidents of his reign.’ l