GIFT FOR PRINCESS
Cake From Whakapara Brownie Pack (Bv Telegraph.— Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) (Received November 1, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 31. ■ Princess Margaret Rose received a birthday cake from tlie Whakapara Brownie Pack. A letter of thanks is going to New Zealand to Miss G. L. Rutherford, who is a teacher at the Whakapara School. The cake was sent to the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. Jordan, who forwarded it to Buckingham Palace, asking if the Princess might be allowed to accept it. An accompanying letter from the Brownies said the cake was sent as “a token of loyalty and friendship for their Royal fellow Brownie on the occasion of her ‘Hight’ from Brownies to Guides.” The Whakapara pack comprised pakeha and Maori children, who contributed donations for which they worked.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 32, 2 November 1942, Page 5
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133GIFT FOR PRINCESS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 32, 2 November 1942, Page 5
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