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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9914, 1 August 1910, Page 1

The children coughed and sneexed in (school; The Lady Teacher, calm and cool, Remarked: " The Government's pretty sure To lot me buy Woods' Peppermint Cure; For all t-hTs sneezing, coughing crowd. And not a, sixpence. I'm allowed ! Yet I must doctor all the lot, Or else the school will go to pot!'' '22 The death of King Edward was preceded onlv a few hours by that of Mr Thomas H. Higerty. the tailor who made the first hoy's suit ever worn by his Majesty. Mi' Higertv was ninetythree years old, and was; licensee of the Windsor Castle, Claphatn Junction. Before he came to London he was in business for many years with Mr Neighbour at Windsor, opposite the Castle'gates. A feature of the suit, Which was made for the boy Prince when he was five years old, was that ilie coal was adorned with I a r£»' square buttons, very different i'j'oni the ones in use nowadays.