HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
MESSAGE FROM THE KING [bt telegraph —press association] INVERCARGILL, Friday Invercargill's centenarian, rs. Elizabeth MeFarlane, a former Mayoress, yesterday received a cablegram from the King congratulating her on the occasion of her hundredth birthday. The message, which was despatched from Buckingham Palace, read: "The King and Queen are much interested to hear that you are celebrating your hundredth birthday to-day, and send hearty congratulations and best wishes for a happy Christmas."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 11
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73HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 11
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