ROYAL EXHIBITS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 8

ROYAL EXHIBITS

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION THE WOMEN'S SECTION QUEEN MARY'S CONTRIBUTIONS (Pi* Unctsd Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aiig. 9. News of the. royal exhibits for the women's section of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition has been received by the president',of the sec*, tion (the Mayoress of Wellington, Mrs T. C. A. Hislop) from; Lady Cynthia Cply'ille, lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary. Queen Mary has signified: her intention of sending the lalique' mirror and greenstone, box; given her by the women of Auckland .'on her .visit-to." New 'Zealand in. 19QI. In addition, she will ,send a rjibdern box of .inlaid woods, a dozen fans, and, if possible, a piece of-rieedleyirork or embroidery. The Dueh.essJoif Kent ha% promised one of-her: own drawings.' The Duchess of XMoucester, who is noted for her fine'Wafer-colpurs, will send ,a landscape and; possibly a piece of her own needlework. ■ Other . members of the Royal Family have been approached, but what they will con* tribute is as yet undecided. Among former Governor-Gen-erals' wives who will contribute to the Exhibition will be Lady Jellicoe, who 'intends sending her son's Page of Honour suit worn at the Coronation of King George VI. and Lady Alice Fergusson, who has promised a leaf of a tapestry firescreen, the work of an ancestress of Sir Charles Fergusson and made in the eighteenth century. Lady Bledisloe has also promised an exhibit Other members of the Royal Family from whom exhibits are expected are Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Royal, the Countess of Harewood.