THE ROYAL BOUNTY
£1 PER HEAD FOR TRIPLETS. Great excitement was caused at Stewart Island some months ago (says the Southland Times) by the arrival of an aeroplane, the first that many of the residents of the island had seen, and further excitement was caused on the same day when Mrs T. Ryan, the wife of one of the island fishermen, presented her husband with three baby girls. Recognition of this latter event has now been made by His Majesty the King, the Royal Bounty of £3 having been granted to Mrs Ryan. The arrival of the three little girls was duly reported to his Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr P. A. de la Perrelle), and, the necessary formalitise having been compiled with, his Excellency has received .advice that His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant the Royal bounty. It may not be generally known that the Royal bounty has been paid on several occasions in New Zealand, four mothers having received it during the last five years. The bounty is paid to British subjects only, and only to married women. The children must be alive and their birth must be reported within four months if the bounty is to be received.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3354, 29 September 1931, Page 4
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210THE ROYAL BOUNTY Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3354, 29 September 1931, Page 4
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