SPEECH TO THE QUEEN
TRAMWAY WORKER'S WIFE The proudest person present in • crowd at a fete at Ongar, Essex, the other day was a tram conductor's wife, who made a speech to the Queen. > She was Mrs. Whitworth, whose husband lives at Wandsworth. As a member of the Transport and a General Workers' Uniou Women's Guild, Mrs. Whitworth returned thanks to the Queen after Her Majesty had received more than 50 purses for the extension of the Mary Mac Arthur Holiday Home for Working Women, at The Gables, Ongar. The presenters of the purses included | working women, members of various trade unions,, and representatives of firms who have contributed to the im Home Extension Fund. Mrs. Whitworth, thanking Queen,.-""said, "1 have benefited very . much, personally, in health by a stav j at the home when I was sorely in need of a change, and there are many women like myself who have reason to be thankful for a holiday in these lovely : surroundings." , : Mrs. spoke in a clear voice without a trace of nervousness* . and the Queen smiled at her and bowed as she concluded. " The Queen's smile put roe atw ease at once," declared Mrs. WW"* worth, after the ordeal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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