MEN OF WEIGHT.
At Sandringham Edward VII. when Prince of Wales instituted a pleasing custom of weighing both the coming and parting guest. At the first convenient opportunity after being shown to his bedroom the guest was weighed, the result entered in a bookj~ he being weighed again on the morning of his departure. The bbok forms one of the most interesting collections of autographs in the world. Amongst other signatures is that of "Salisbury," with the portentous announcement that on his last visit to Sandringham the Marquis weighed just over eighteen stone.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 3
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