PRINCESS' TROUSSEAU.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1917, Page 7

PRINCESS' TROUSSEAU.

SCENE IN SYDNEY STREET. ' SIGHTSEERS NEARLY-RUN,» RIOT.' •£,Jj, . f-*#E. ■■.: t - : :it,i :•.:.-*) i mi x T/'."' '" ■ ''f """'■■',■'"'« ; I j That it is a rave have the ' viewing a trousseau was proved in Sydney the other day when a ..firm in**Pi'tt Street exhibited the wedding garments "of the Princess of Tonga. There'was almost a riot in the street, and the%id of'the police had to be. calbr.'in. At,; 1.30 p.m.ihe traffic was hold up, and the crowd surged so violently that,'fearing' the windows' would be smashed in, the firm put to hide tho'gorgeous array from 'the inquisitive and' interested public. It scarcely Ici'rsened the pressure; and'the inspector advised the management to put up a. sign that 'there would' be no'further exhibit dunng Jtn'e*?aftcrnoon. Despite this notice, 'says'j the Sydney Sut;' tho crowd was'thick |i befQK! •thp drawn blinds all tho.aftern|j)p,' , 'aridt B<>veral -girls climbed to try and get a ■pccp''fro£funderneatißj Tlie princess's stature Sho owns the*iuphonious name?&'.Sal6teS the Tongaus' f gradtful adapta'tiqn ofj Charlotte, aud'is a 1 * direct descendant of' tho famous chief Ijjinau, who lo&ns largely in South JSea hiator-. Thqjgiffl|| groom, John Tuigi, is a*great*'cMo"f iff lineage as well He,.is ; a descendant;.of tho'Tiii Tonga, thej'iiiga" priests o?;pagkn Tonga. Princess Salote )y 4 as ( educated. in Auckland. The .bridei-, is" 26, was also educated in, New Zealand, and he travollcd to Lon-1 ('dpil,to be present at the coronation of King George.