A BOXER HONOURED
OARPENTIER'S VALUABLE MATCHBOX. "More than ever do T not know whether I am of France or England," said Georges Carpentieri on Ihc eve of his departure for Prance. "For I have been received al St. James' Palace by the Prince of Wales. He assured mc that he was very pleased to meet me, and wished me every possible lurk in my future contests. I was introduced to Prince Henrj and Prince George, and 1 go away with the greatest of all my souvenirs, for in my cigarette, rase the Prince of Wales has inscribed liis autograph. "It was an autograph that I only dreamed of getting, but there it is, at, the head of those of Karl Bcalty, Mr Lloyd Geor.ce, Mr Winston Churchill, Lord Birkenhead, Karl Curzon, Mr Bonar Law, and Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson- And 'when i have got 1 that of Marshal Foch truly will my cigarette' case be unique."
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 28 February 1921, Page 2
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