“ORDER OF THE EGG”
ME. THOMAS HONORED
SOUTH AFRICANS’ GIFT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Dec. 29, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28. In recognition of of Union products, a delegation of male and female Mouth African students invested Air. J. H. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominions, with the “Order of the Egg,” consisting of a string of South African liens’ eggs, which festooned his neck. It was intended to employ ostrich eggs, but these hatched out on the voyage. ,A girl student handed over a basket of peaches for Airs. Thomas. Air. Thomas recalled how, like all politicians, he previously had been the recipient of eggs in more unpleasant circumstances.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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