A FLAG INCIDENT

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1932, Page 6

A FLAG INCIDENT

UNION JACK AND RED DRAGON. REPLIES IN COMMONS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this dnv n + 12.25. pm.. LONDON, March 7. In the Commons, Mr Ormsby Gore in answer to a question, said the decision to fly the lied Dragon flag on one tower of Carnarvon Castle and the Union Jack on the other was made in 1922 after- a consultation with Mr Lloyd George, who was then Constable of the Castle, and Prime Minister. His decision accorded with advice from Carnarvon Town Council. Before effecting 1 -tli© cliamge li© * itas consulting with jVli* Lloyd George and the Mayor of Carnarvon. He recognised a strong Welsh sense of nationhood, but he would like to correct the misapprehension that the first Prince of Wales was horn in the Castle. Tts foundations were 7 not then laid. He was aware that Welsh students last week tore down the Union Jack, where it had flown with the Red Dragon, in accordance with custom. He was sure the public opinion in Wales and elsewhere would condemn that act. The Government had decided to ignore the regrettable incident. Mr Elliott told an inquirer that tobacco seized for contravention of the Customs Act, if smokeable, was supplied to inmates of various asylums. If unsmokeable, it was sent to the Botanical Gardens for fumigation purposes.