JEWELLERY IN PARCEL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23970, 21 May 1941, Page 10

JEWELLERY IN PARCEL

SURPRISE FOR RED CROSS LONDON, April ■_>■! A young woman walked into the Red Cross and St. John sales department, in Bond Street, London, and gave an official a brown paper parcel Then she prepared to go without leaving her name. The official opened the parcel and was surprised to discover a diamond and opal tiara, a diamond and opal necklace, a diamond and opal pendant, and a fine gold and platinum bracelet. The official explained to the young woman that the jewels could not be accepted unless she disclosed her name and address. So she revealed that she was Miss Murray, of Totterdown Inknen, Newbury, Berkshire. She added hastily: "I do not want any fuss made. The jewels have been left to me and I decided to give them to the fund." A Red Cross official said later: "The gift is truly magnificent. Experts who have looked casually at the jewels say that the amount raised is likely to run into several hundreds of pounds. They will be sold at Christie's as a special lot." Mis* Murray said that she had wanted her gift to remain anonymous. "It is ordinary jewellery," she said. "I took it out of the bank, wrapped it up in some brown paper, because that was all 1 had to carry it in, and took it to the Hod Cross."