ANXIETY STILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 7

ANXIETY STILL.

KING'S SLOW PROGRESS Period Of Difficulty Not Yet Ended. QUEEN'S COLD BETTER. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) (Received O.HO n.m.) LONDOX, January 13. The King passed a restful night and his condition is unchanged. The Queen's cold is better but she remains in her rooms. Sir .Stanley Hewctt, Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Duwaon of Peiin had an hour's consultation yesterday morning.

The fart that no improvement in the Kiiifr'fi condition has been reported since Wednesday further indicates that the builrlinpiip of his strength is proving extremely slow and that the period of difficulty has not yet ended. Lord Dawson is to spend Sunday in the- country. This will be his first absence since the commencement of the Kind's illness. The non-issue of a further bulletin until Monday indicates, however, that the- doctors are satisfied no great change is likely in the next 36 hours. The Kind's condition is steady, but his proprrss is slow indeed. Therefore the position is not yet free from anxiety. Ray therapy treatment was again applied. Sir Stanley Hewett continues to stay <i-t the Palace at nip;lit. All reports as to where the King will spend his convalescence are premature. The question has not yet even been considered. A bulletin issued at 8.20 p.m. yesterday Htatrd that the King had passed * restful day and his condition was unchanged. The next bulletin will be issued on Monday morning. Some milk brought by air from Holland for His Majestv is a special preparation, namely, aeiffophitus milk. It i 3 manufactured solely in Amsterdam. It resembles so-called "yonghort" sowr milk prepared for weak digestions, but its bacteria fulfils different functions. An earlier message stated that Queen ilary had contracted a slight cold and was keeping to her rooms. Her Majesty, who is rarely indisposed, has not left Buckingham Palace for the past two days owing to the inadvieeableness of exposure in the extremely cold weather. The long, anxious strain of the King's illness has probably contributed to her present indisposition*. The Queen's cold, however, is not serious enough to justify the issue of bulletins.

KING'S RESTFUL DAY.

SPECIALIST VISITS QUEEN. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, January 13. Lord Dawson and Sir Hugh Rigby had a 90 minutes consultation with Sir Stanley Hewett at the Palace to-day. Though no bulletin was issued it is authoritatively learned that the King had a restful night. His condition this morning is unchanged.

It is also authoritatively learned that the Queen's cold is better but she is keeping to her rooms for a day or two purely as a precautionary measure. Dr. Geoffrey Hett was called in yesterday to attend on the Queen. He also visited the Palace this morning and saw the Queen for half an hour. Dr. Hett is a leading authority on diseases of the ear, nose and throat.

The usual divine service at Buckingham Palace Chapel was not held owing to the Queen's indisposition. The Duke and Duchess of York called at the Palace this morning.

IMPROVING.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

{Australian Press Assn.— United Service.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON", January 13. It is officially reported that the King fcad a quiet, uneventful but elowly improving day.