THE JUBILEE
A DELIGHTFUL STORY By Telegraph—Press Association INVERCARGILL, May 14. A delightful story connected with the Jubilee celebrations comes from Glenorchy at the head of Lake Wakatipu. On June 22, 1911, the day on which King George and Queen Mary were crowned in Westminster Abbey, twins were bom at Paradise. They were not human twins. Their mother was a draught mare and it was in a paddock 12 miles from the northern extremity of Lake Wakatipu that they first grazed upon grass. One of the new arrivals was a male and the other a female. What could the patriotic owner do but name them George and Mary? The years passed and George and Mary gave faithful and loyal service. They played their part during the war, they waxed fat in the boom, they survived the slump and on Monday of last week when the people of Glenorchy to the number of 100 marched through the main street to celebrate His Majesty’s silver jubilee, proudly heading the procession bedecked with red, white and blue ribbons were George and Mary. Age had withered them, hollowing their backs and stiffening their joints, but they walked with majestic steps and with heads held high as befitted twins who bore the names of the King and his Consort.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20108, 15 May 1935, Page 5
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214THE JUBILEE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20108, 15 May 1935, Page 5
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