DIAMOND TIARA FOR PRINCESS OF WALES

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 5

DIAMOND TIARA FOR PRINCESS OF WA LES

The diamond tiaia which the ladies ot Knulmul pie&ented to the Pi incest ot \\ ale*-, and which i>> an exact. eop> ot one iio-^e-^ed 1)\ her Miiei, the Kmpre-t- of IJu-^i.i, i» not ;i pai tieukuh beautiful ob 10(1. It i> owl in shape, and can he \som either on the head or lound the neck It i^ composed of a >eiie- ot spike-, the longest being mhoiit, and the *>i/e diminishing tow aids the back. Each spike consist-* ot iomo -4\ 01 ei^ht diamond-, the «-tonct> being ot i^ood quality, and tho^e in fiont of laiji^ si/e. The silvei wedding present of the uentlemen-at-aims to the Punce or Wale* counted ot .i .-il\er statuette of liio Ro\al Hi<rline---on hoiseback, in hisunifonn of Field Maibhal. home little nnplea-antne->- oecuned in connection with the pie^entation ot the naia to the Pimce^- ot Wales la-it Saturday. Maiia, Maichione^ ol Aile-bui\ , \vathe oii^matoi ot the idea ot a ladio' pic--ent to the li ineev?, and did all the w oik Lon>ei|nent upon caiiun<i it out, and theie toic vei\ natuially claimed the lijrht of makmu: the piesentation. But t he Mai chioncbs ot Salibbur\ thought, .1^ the wife of the Pinne Mim&tei, th.it thi> dut\ belonged to hei, and the two Maiehion-e--e- exchanged idea^ on the sub|ect. The ic-ult w*a- that Maii.i, Man hione-^ of Ailebur\, c.inied hei \va\. This lady is one of the moat populai pei nonages in liei tall, commanding tibiae and cunoib •urangement of bhoit corksrien curN arc to be -een ate\ery soci.il function of importance. !She take- a keen intei e-=fc in politicaud i-5 an admiier and fiiend of Mr Glad .-.rone, a- well al-ana 1 - an intimate acquaintance of the Piince and Piince 1 -" of W.des.