An Interesting Story.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1931, Page 11

An Interesting Story.

When a boy of three, Captain Geofrey Babington, of the 15-16th' Lancers, was given a gold nugget by the Prime Alinister of New Zealand, the late Air. R. J. Seddon —on April 7 he will marry Lady Anne Egerton, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, with a ring fashioned from the nugget, states an English paper. Twenty-five years have elapsed since the Christmas morning on which baby Geoffrey, son of General Sir James Babington, who was in command of the New Zealand Division Forces, and Lady Babington, was taken by his nurse to breakfast ■with Air. Seddon. The New Zealand ' (Premier, who was born in Lancashire, was an ardent Imperialist. Lady npe, who is 22 and the eldest of six daughters, was a debutante of ID2S. It was at a dance for her given at Bridgewater House that Lady Ellesmere requested two young women who had arrived without cards to leave the house. Lady Ellesmere is a member of the Lambton family. John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham, was Governor of the New' Zealand Company which sent out the first colonists. A reception at Bridge water House is one of the events of the London (season. There is a wonderful marble hall and the picture gallery is famous. It includes Raphael’s ‘‘Madonna” and several Titians. Lord Ellesmere is heir to the dukedom of Sutherland.

The wearing out of wringer rollers has always been a source of worry to the housewife who endeavours to postpone the purchase of a new wringer by patching up the holes. It is interesting to learn that Air. Whale, Gover Street, New Plymouth, has manufactured a machine for remoulding new rubbers to the old spindles This method saves the cost of a new wringer and costs only half the price. ’Phone 633.*