THANKOFFERING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 99, 29 April 1929, Page 7

THANKOFFERING.

KING'S RECOVERY.

Anonymous Donor Gives £105,000 For Hospital Fund.

HIS MAJESTY'S APPROVAL

(United Service.)

LONDON, April 28,

A great thankoffering i'und for the King's recovery has been initialed by an anonymous donor. In a letter to Lord Stamford ham, His Majesty's private secretary, this donor, who signs himself "Audax," says: —

"In view of His Majesty's gracious letter to his people referring to his long illness and recovery, I wish to give expression in some tangible form to the relief and gratitude which I share with all His Majesty's subjects.

"I should like to make a gift to help forward some cause which, in a special degree, has the King's personal sympathy and interest, and will be of lasting benefit to the community."

The writer cays the. most appropriate object appeared be the King Edward hospital fund for London, for which purpose he proposed to set aside a sum of £105,000 to be spread over seven years, in the hope that it would be the nucleus cf a largo tliankoffering fund.

Lord Stamfordham, after a consultation with the King, wrote, saying His Majesty appreciated the kindly thought and generosity of "Audax," and shared his hope that his gift would lie the nucleus of a larger fund.

The King's illness had brought home to him more clearly than ever the resources of modern medical sciencc and the value of devoted nursing. Medical science owed much of its development to the great hospitals, which also constituted an admirable training ground for the nursing profession.

The secretaries of the hospitals fund announce that they have opened a thankoflfering fund. DOCTORS PLEASED. KING RESUMES DUTY. (Australian Press Assn.—United S'-rvice.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 28. Lord Dawson and Sir Stanley Hewett spent four hours with the King. A bulletin was not issued, owing to His Majesty's excellent progress since Lord Dawson's last visit. The King is now signing more important documents, although it is understood the time has not arrived when the dissolution of the Council of State will bo considered. TRIP TO BOGNOR. PRINCE'S PLYING VISIT. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 28. The Prince of Wales flew from London to Bognor yesterday to visit the King. He returned also by air. His Royal Highness spent five hours at Craigwell House.