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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4392, 20 March 1922, Page 2

Writing of the greenstone and silver casket, that New Zealanders lit England have presented to Princess Mary, a correspondent states that unless New Zealand, sends something in greenstone, ii is .a safe prophecy that -Princess Mary will receive nothing else at all like this box, and it was a great piece of good luck that something quite unique offered itself. The greenstone is delicate in tint!—indeed, when placed open, with the daylight behind it, it is. almost semi transparent. All the six slabs used in its construction are equally clean and. flawless. The casket, highly polished, is quite plain, save for its silver setting, and no more silver has been used than is absolutely necessary to ensure strength?—there are. merely narrow bands on i', severely plain, apparently to hold the slabs together and to strengthen the lid. It is a casket for which many uses suggest themselves, but tjie idea of the selectors was that it would be useful as a dressing-table accessory in the boudoir. They wanted something likely to be always used, by the Princess, and there is npjTeason why this should not be. The present now stands lined throughout with white velvet, and it looks' very chaste and in the best possible taste.