QUEEN’S SECOND VISIT.
GENEROUS PURCHASES MADE.
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 18. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of York and Princess Mary, paid 1 a visit to-day to the British Industries ; Fair at Olympia. Her Majesty made purchases at over one hundred stalls, and expressed her appreciation of the cleverness of design and workmanship of many of the exhibits. At the stand of the Ministry of Agriculture the Queen spent a long time examining the market produce sold under the national market scheme. She expressed the opinion that the Government were performing a real service to the public by the scheme, as housewives had a guarantee that they were buying home produced goods. The scheme was also a real help to Agriculture.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18498, 20 February 1930, Page 6
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123QUEEN’S SECOND VISIT. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18498, 20 February 1930, Page 6
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