CHRISTENING THE KING.
The christening of a Royul baby almost as costly an a coronation. Wh-c the little Pr inco of Vr'alaj, now Edw«u VII,, was chrioiena.i he wore a Itn rc.ho that was valued at £7OO. T 1 entire ceremony, including the gre< Saart barnjuct, cost tho enormous 8U of £200.000. Tho water which the young Prin w no sprinkled was brought from Jorda; and the great christening caks CO hundreds of founds.
Twelve thousand tons of dried turf
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 186, 5 April 1902, Page 4
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80CHRISTENING THE KING. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 186, 5 April 1902, Page 4
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