CAMBRIDGE PROGRESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 March 1927, Page 5

CAMBRIDGE PROGRESS

NEW MODERN PREMISES (From Our Own Correspondent.) CAMBRIDGE, To-day. Substantial and up-to-date new premises for the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., Ltd., costing upwards of £IO,OOO, will be formally opened here this evening. The premises are among the finest in South Auckland. The Cambridge Boxing Association last night arranged for a match between Loveridge and Jamito, of ten rounds, at Cambridge on April 11. An amateur programme of six bouts was also arranged for the same evening '

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE SUf There was a gay scene at the official opening of the Auckland SUN last evening, when the appointments of the building and the extensive machinery were viewed by about 400 guests. Amid the floral decorations, palms and greenery, the colourful beauty of the ladies’ frocking lent an added charm to the gathering. Supper was served in the reporters’ room, whence the happy strains of a jazz orchestra were heard throughout the building. Representing the Board of Directors were Mr. and Mrs. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Winstone and Mr. and Mrs. Warnock. Shortly after ten o’clock the National Anthem brought to a close a unique and memorable function. CHATTING WITH A KING At the meeting of the P.N.E.U. at Christ’s College, Christchurch, Mr. Justice Alpers mentioned that the recent visit of H.R.H. the Duke of York had made him sensible of the passage of time by reminding him of an incident in his early life. As a child of five years in Copenhagen he noticed, one hot June day, that the two sentries on duty before the King’s palace were asleep, and, being of an inquiring turn of mind, he crept through the palace gates and began a tour among the beds of roses and forget-me-nots. Here he met the late King of Denmark, father of the late Queen Alexandra and great-grand-father of the Duke of York. The King chatted to the child for a full 15 minutes, and to this day Mr. Alpers remembers that his Majesty was very proud of his forget-me-nots, which, he said, were considered better than those grown in any part of the world, except the North Cape. The King escorted the child past the two sentries, who were then very wide awake and showing great activity and vigour after their siesta.