A GREAT SHIP
QUEEN ELIZABETH LAUNCHED. CEREMONY BY THE QUEEN. A MESSAGE FROM THE KING. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, September 27. Amid the cheers of 300,000 spectators, the Queen launched the Ctinard liner Queen Elizabeth. Within an hour the great ship was safely in the fitting-out basin. The Queen delivered the following message from, the King:—“Ho bids the people of this country to be ol good cheer, despite the dark clouds hanging over them, and, indeed, over the whole world. He knows well that, as ever before in critical times, they will keep cool heads and brave hearts. He knows, too, that they will place entire confidence in their leaders, who, under God’s providence, are striving to their utmost to find a. just and peaceful solution of the grave problems which confront them.”
The Queen, in her speech, said:— “The very sight of this great ship brings home to us how essential it is for the welfare'' of man that the arts of peaceful industry should continue—arts in prominence in Scotland, which has long held a. leading place. The City of Glasgow has been for Scotland the principal doorway opening upon the world. The narrow waters of the Clyde have been the cradle of a large part of Britain’s mercantile marine, so it is right that from here should come our foremost achievement in that connection—the greatest of ships that ply to and fro across the Atlantic like shuttles in a mighty loom weaving a fabric of friendship and understanding between tlie peoples of Britain and the United States. It is altogether fitting that the noblest vessel ever built in Britain, and built with tlie help of her Government and her people, should be dedicated to this service. I am happy to think that our two nations are today more closely linked than ever before by a common tradition of freedom and common faith.”
The Queen and the Princesses, who devoted the morning to a visit to the Empire Exhibiton, were accorded an enthusiastic welcome on their arrival at Glasgow from London.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 298, 28 September 1938, Page 6
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