A HISTORIC BEDSTEAD.
RETURNED to AUCKLAND GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
[PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, March 29. The kauri bedstead', on whichi roy.a •Y h-is slcnt and over winch at least one Auckland* Parliamentarian almost sffied tears last session, has been ietar H its resting place at Government House Half a century ago. or thereabouts, the bed in question was built especialK, • . the. reception of the Duke of J.dinl „ during his stay-m Auckland auc a feature-of the workmans up vas the carving of a huge crown thereon. \\ lie the Auckland Vice-regal < i;esic e _ , dismantled last year, tins couch -was sent with other articlesmf Hunßure to Wellington. Mr A. E. Glovei, -Vi.r in a somewhat lively. speech * t ] : s place in the House, declared that this sacred structure on , royalty .ha reposed' had .not. only been hebn its sanctuary in Auckland, but In : b ignominiously committed, to,a stable t lack of other storage room m ton Evidently the eloquence of member for City Central was not uitnout avail, since the bedstead J LjSed returned intact and of the newly - renovated gubernatorial residence in Auckland.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3182, 30 March 1911, Page 5
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180A HISTORIC BEDSTEAD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3182, 30 March 1911, Page 5
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