Mr. Fraser Has Peep At Baby Prince

Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1948, Page 5

Mr. Fraser Has Peep At Baby Prince

Received Tuesdav, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, Dee. 13. The Prime Sfinister of Xew Zealand, Alr. Fraser, spent- an llour vvitli the King and Queen at Buckingham I'alaee this afternoon, and was in vited to visit the Royal nursery, where he saw the infant Prince and his parents. He was the first Xew Zealander and the lirst Dominion Prime Alinister to see the baby. Alr. Fraser said afterwards that both the Prineess and Ihe baby apjieared to 1)0 extremely well, and that he had been informed that the infant now weighed 91b. lox. — 11b. 9oz. more tirau its birth weisrht.

j "The Iving was looking much better than when I saw him six or seven weeks ago, " said Alr. Fraser. "lle will, however, be under tlie doctors' caro for a considerabJe time. "Both the King and the Queen emphasised that tlieir trip to Australia and Xew Zealand had only been postponed, and not cancelled, and that they are. anxio'us to make it as soon as the King recovers aiul arrangements can be made. The King is already looking very much better for his enforced rest. ' ' During his visit to Ihe Palace, Mr. Fraser presented to tlieir Alajesties and , to Prineess Alargaret the three Xew Zealand traveliing rtigs wliich were to have been given to them before tlie Royal tour as tlie gif't of the Xew Zealand Government. When the tour was postponed the rugs were sent to London so that Alr. Fraser could present: them personally. The rugs, which are deI scribed as magnificeut examjiies of Xew Zealand workmanship, are woven in the Royal Stewart tartan pattern, with the Xew Zealand arins on the back on one corner. They were much admired by tlieir Afajesties and the Prineess.