LADY GALWAY LOSES BROOCH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1940, Page 8

LADY GALWAY LOSES BROOCH

FOUND BY SMALL BOY. RECEIVES REWARD OF £lO. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, November 11. A beautiful diamond brooch valued at. £9O which Lady Galway wore at the official farewell at Queen's Park last Thursday became displaced while her Excellency was moving through the crowd and its loss was not noticed till after the ceremony. The loss occasioned the vice-regal party considerable concern, because the brooch had a special sentimental value. Inquiries were set in train on Friday but a painstaking search of the grounds failed to recover the brooch. On Saturday morning a small boy who was playing near the fountain was attracted by an object glittering in the grass. The brooch had been trodden into the ground and in its dirty state its value was not appreciated by the child or his family. On Sunday morning the boy wore it on his coat to Sunday school, where it attracted the attention of his teacher. When the boy explained where he had found the jewel, it was realised that it was probably the missing brooch, the loss of which had been advertised. It was returned to the mayoress, Mrs. J. R. Hanan, who passed it on to the police for return to Lady Galway. The brooch had been slightly bent and one small stone was missing when it was found. The small boy will receive a reward of £lO for his find.