HAWKE'S BAY DISASTER
MEMENTO AS A GIFT. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 25. A memento of the Hawke’s Bay earthquake has come into the possession of the General Assembly Library as a gift from tho Governor-General. After the earthquake, London Punch reproduced over the title: “An Em pirc’s lamentation—Hawke’s Bay, February 3,’’ a cartoon by Sir Bernard Partridge, depicting Britainnia stand ing by a half-masted Union Jack and surveying the destruction of Napier. On seeing tho cartoon Lord Bledisloe got into touch with Sir Bernard and was able to purchase the drawing, which ho presented to the General Assembly library.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 8
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