KING’S APPRECIATION
CORONATION PAINTING “REMINDER OF AFFECTION” (By Telegraph.—Press Association# WELLINGTON, Thursday The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J'. Savage, has received from King George VI. the following letter referring to the gift of the oil painting cf the Coronation service from the four Dominions of the British Commonwealth of Nations:— My dear Prime Minister, —I thank you for your letter. It is with the greatest pleasure that the Queen and I have to-day received from your High Commissioner and his colleagues of Canada, Australia and South Africa the oil painting of the Coronation service so generously promised to us before you left this country last year. You will be glad to know that Mr Salisbury has produced a striking representation of that unforgettable occasion which we are indeed happy to possess. We would like to assure you once again how greatly we have appreciated this kind thought on your part, and the picture will always be a valued reminder of the ioynlty and affection shown to us by the people of New Zealand at the time of our coronation.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 6
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181KING’S APPRECIATION Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 6
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