Improvements at Dargaville.
We are informed, by Mr. Basil Hooper, A.R.1.8.A., of Dunedin, that the illustrations published in our last issue by Mr. R. Hammond, of the suggested improvements at Dargaville, which were shown at the recent Town Planning Conference, were drawn by Mr. Hammond while a student at the Architectural Section of the Dunedin School of Art.
Attaining Distinction. Wife op Profiteer—- " Are you quite certain I've had the very latest form of influenza?" Doctor" Quite, madam, quite. You coughed exactly like the Countess of Wessex."— < * * # # Indian Giver. —Queen Mary sent a beautiful bouquet that had been presented to her to a soldiers' hospital. .To show their appreciation, the inmates commissioned one of their number to stand at the hospital gate the following morning, holding the gift, when the queen passed. He did with rather unexpected results." Queen Mary, seated in her car, saw the soldier standing there, bouquet in hand, and assuming that he wished to present it to her, she reached out and took it. After she had thanked him, her car passed on.
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Progress, Volume XIV, Issue 12, 1 August 1919, Page 571
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