MEMENTO OF ’QUAKE
GIFT FROM GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 25. A memento of the Hawkes Bay earthquake has come into the possession of the General Assembly Library as a gift from the Governor-General. After the earthquake London Punch reproduced over the title “An Empire's Lamentation, Hawkes Bay, February’ 3,” a cartoon by Sir Bernard Partridge depicting Britannia .standing by’ a half-masted Union Jack and surveying the destruction of Napier. On seeing the cartoon Lord Bledisloe got into touch with Sir Bernard and was able to purchase the drawing which his Excellency has presented to the General Assembly for the Library.
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Southland Times, Issue 21430, 26 June 1931, Page 7
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103MEMENTO OF ’QUAKE Southland Times, Issue 21430, 26 June 1931, Page 7
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