A NATIONAL EMBLEM.
"A ROSE BY ANOTHER NAME."
AFRICA'S OBJECTS
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
CAPETOWN, May 6
'There has Det?n much comment upon the selection of the wattle • as the emblem of South Africa on King George's stole, because it is an importation from Australia. Ilie Cape Times' announcement on the* subject occasioned mingled feelings of amusement, and chagrin. | Mr Pearson, a local botanist, has I suggested ; "fcnat a pretest be lodg-j ed. ; . - I
(The siJole is a long, loose, rich garment whicS will be worn at the Coronation.) ■ !
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 8 May 1911, Page 5
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90A NATIONAL EMBLEM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 8 May 1911, Page 5
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