PROTECT THE KING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 7

PROTECT THE KING.

Greater Precautions to be

Taken in Future.

PRIVATE WALKS CURTAILED

(Received 0.30 a.m.)

LONDON, July 19.

A series of conferences was held between chiefs of Scotland Yard and Court officials in Buckingham Palace, and now, wherever the King goes in future, particularly on his forthcoming holiday on the Continent, additional protection will be provided.

Although the King does not welcome extra precautions, Palace officials believe they are essential because of His Majesty's informal ways. Officials have been most troubled by his insistence upon frequently walking in London. Recently the King walked from the Palace to the offices of the Duchy of Cornwall. They are only a few hundred yards away, but officials believe such excursions expose His Majesty to unnecessary risk. They wish the King to follow the habit of King George, who travelled everywhere in London by motor car. Thanksgiving services for the King's escape were held in the Chapel Royal and various churches. George Andrew MeMalion, who was arrested after the Hyde Park Corner incident, is in hospital at Brixton prison owing to the effects of the crowd's rough handling of him prior to his arrest. He is suffering from head lacerations and bruises and abrasions over the body. Mrs. McMahon was allowed to visit her husband. His solicitor has received, a stream of letters from eye-witnesses offering to give evidence on his behalf. IRISHMAN'S IRE. KNOCKED DEPRECATOR DOWN. LONDON, July 19. An Irishman who knocked down a man ill a workmen's cafe at Bournemouth because he said an Irishman had attempted to assassinate the King, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. He smiled at the magistrates and said: "0.K." AUCKLAND CHURCHES. THANKSGIVING PRAYERS. Prayers of thanksgiving for the safety of the King were offered in many of the Auckland churches yesterday. Archbishop Averill, at the morning service at New Lynn, said that there was general thanksgiving that His Majesty had been spared, and the event would only add to the love and devotion of millions of his subjects in different parts of the world. At various Anglican churches there were special prayers, and the National' Anthem was sung. At all masses at Roman Catholic churches special prayers of thanksgiving were offered on instructions given by Bishop Liston, and the safety of His Majesty was mentioned at the evening devotions. A solemn prayer for the King, "Domine Salvum Fac," was sung at St. Patrick's Cathedral after the 11 o'clock mass. * At Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches prayers, the singing of the National Anthem and reference in sermons were features of the services. The relief and thankfulness of the Jewish people at the safety of the King was expressed by the Rev. A. Astor at the Synagogue on Saturday.