CHRISTMAS LAMB
GIFTS FROM AUSTRALIA. EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE KING. LONDON, December 7. It is estimated that 103,000 people .in Ur,cat .Britain and Ireland will tasi-e Australian lamb at their Christinas dinners, hundreds of carcases being stored, with local butchers a-wajt-ting the coining of Yulotide. , Tne Barnardo Homes have received 20, including one from a lad accompanied by flic message: “1 have made giod on the laud, and the boss gave me this lamb- to send you for sending mo bore.’’ . Agents express appreciation of ■donors wlio are paying duty on lambs to ensure , their distribution in the Free .State, and especial ly in Dublin. The Lord Mayor will visit Australia Homo to-morrow in c-etc many to accept the Lord Mayor of Melbourne’s lamb from Ciptaiu Richardson, of the Jervis Bay. - A number of the Christmas gft lambs sent from Australia have been addressed •to members of it lie Royal family, and are causing embarrassment/ An. Adelaide lady scat one to the King, accompanied by a Scriptural quotation. The King, however, is not. able, to: accept gifts from private citizens, but. -it is hoped that the land) wj,!l reach some member of the Royal family. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1932, Page 8
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194CHRISTMAS LAMB Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1932, Page 8
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