ROYAL WEDDING
GIFTS FROM NATION. HOW THEY WILL BE USED. [ British Official Wireless. 1 RUGBY, Nov. 3. The Duke of Kent aud Princess Marina have decided that the national wedding gifts to be presented to them shall be used for providing a Christmas treat for necessitous children and the provision of holidays for convalescent sick children of the unemployed, the gift being arranged by a commit Ice of nine Georges, who iu a letter to the public state that although a Royal dukedom has recently been conferred upon him, is as Prince George that the bridegroom, is generally known, am! they feel that the nation’s sentiments of respect and admiiation to be expressei by these wedding gifts to the Royal couple schould be organised by th- - Georges throughout the country. The signatories include: George Ferguson (High Commissioner for Canada), George Lansbury (Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party). George Arliss (the actor), George Drummond (banker), the Duke of Sutherland (who is chairman of the committee) and other Georges prominent in different walks of life.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 5
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173ROYAL WEDDING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 5
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