PRINCE OF WALES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1932, Page 2

PRINCE OF WALES

CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS

FAITH IN TRADE REVIVAL

LONDON, August 24.

The Prince of Wales visited the HeiV tage Craft Schools at Chailey this week to open the St. George’s Buildings, which have been added to the schools as a thank-offering for the King’s recovery from his illness. The ££5,000 needed for this development of 'the work of the Heritage colony for crippled children was raised by the Golden Apple Tree—an appeal addressed to the nation, and the people of Sussex in particular —and a golden tree is carved in low' relief over the archway through which the Prince entered the new buildings. His Royal Highness made a personal donation of £25 to the fund, and handed over to it a further £950 from an anonymous donor, who had requested him to devote that sum to whatever deserving cause he might select. The new buildings stand some little way from the parent group, and on high ground commanding fine views across .one of the most beautiful parts of |Siussex. They are themselves a, beautiful and harmonious addition to the' landscape, Another £10)000 is still required for development at cllaiieyj including the restoration of ft picturesque wind-mill near the heW buildings. The Prince concluded his Speech by quoting the Latin inscription composed by Dr Alington, the headmaster of Eton, which appears on the foundation stone of the new buildings i “May those who enter and live here have health and happiness.” !

The Bishop of London dedicated the buildings, and the Prince then received gifts made by the cripple children in their workshops. Each gift was accompanied N by a short speech from the boy or girl who offered it. The carpenter’s spokesman, handing his Royal Highness a pair of hook-ends, said to him: “We ask you to tell the King that the cripple ' boys of St.' George’s are among, his most loyal subjects.” The gift of a suitcase from the leather workers was made the- occasion of .a reference to the Prince s travels as an Ambassador of Empire. Children from the .Girl’s Heritage presented a silk scarf : and a cushion, and a tiny girl in sun-bathing dress added a book. Another gift was a model of a medieval ship, from the children at Tidemills, and the Prince was finally assailed by a crowd of eager young bootmakers, and allowed them to.measure him for a pair of shoes there and then.. : \ TRADE REVIVAL.

The Prince of Wales took part in the Centoimry celebrations in honour of MacGregor Laird, the pioneer of West African trade, find was the ' chief speaker at ft dinner presided over by Mr Churchill, “Wd are all of us looking forward to better times,” said the Prince. “If is in the hope—and more than the hope, the belief— that the year 1932, which marks the centenary of Macgregor Laird’s expedition to the Niger, will witness' the beinning of a return to happier and more prosperous times and of a> great revival of world trade, in which Nigeria and her sister colonies will play an ever-increasing part.”