GREETINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 306, 27 December 1935, Page 3

GREETINGS.

THE KING'S MESSAGE. SANDRINGHAM BROADCAST. HOPE FOR HAPPIER DATS. Atmospherics marred to a considerable extent the Christmas message broadcast by His Majesty the King to the millions of his The broadcast was made from Sandringham on Christmas Day and was part of a special Empire programme.

The New Zealand national stations lebroadcast the original message transmitted from the Daventry Empire shortwave station at 2.30 yesterday morning, when there was considerable atmospheric interruption. A rebroadcast was put over from -0.55 to 10.30 last night, but again the conditions were unfavourable and His Majesty's speech could only be picked up in parts. The King, in expressing his best Wishes to ihose of his family and all his •objects, - said that the present year, the «6th since his accession, had been a **ppy one. It had brought with it a •pontaneous offering of love and loyalty which he and the Queen would never for g e t.. It was not merely respect for tbe Throne, but also warm and glorious remembrance for the man who had been placed on it. From all parts of the Empire greetings had reached him and be had been deeply touched by them.

His Majesty expressed the hope that the spirit of good will and mutual helpfulness would grow and not only bring the blessings of peace, but also would solve the economic troubles which the J'orld was confronted with to-day. To those who had been unemployed, His Majesty, in a special message, said: United by a bond of willing service, let 118 prove both strong to endure and resolute to overcome it." His Majesty concluded by conveying truest Christmas wishes of himself, J® Queen, their children and grandchildren,. to all his subjects, and to the '•'dren who might be listening in he Mded heartfelt prayer that, wherever they. were, God would bless and keep '«em always. p Hor to His Majesty's Christmas Speech an Empire exchange programme lras provided and greetings were between people in Great Britain and others thousands of miles ® w &.T;in far distant parts of the Emp're. Veetii]g S , were sent from England to ' r 'tish expeditions in Greenland, '•aham Island and the Arctic. Sir ar «!d Beauchamp, in Wellington, rrreefings with his grandp"i!dren in London.

At the conclusion of the King s speech the : National Anthem was sung by People in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the 1 orth of England and London.