ANXIETY PASSED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 233, 3 October 1938, Page 9

ANXIETY PASSED.

KING'S MESSAGE. People Thanked for Calm Resolve. TRIBUTES TO FREMTBR. United Frees Association.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) LOXDOX, October 2. King George sent a message to the nation as follows: — "The time of anxiety is past. We have been able to-day to offer thanks to the Almighty for His mercy in sparing us the horrors of war. I would like now to thank the men and women of this country for their calm resolve during critical days, and the readiness with which they responded to different calls upon them. "After the magnificent efforts of the Prime Minister in the cause of peace, it is my fervent hope that a new era of friendship and prosperity is dawning among the peoples of the world.—(Signed) George, R. 1." The Lord Mayor of London. Sir Harry Twyford, disclosed that Mr. Chamberlain deprecates the launching of a national thanksgiving fund. Letters to "The Times" suggest the opening of a fund for the Prime Minister as a thank-offering for his work for peace, the amount to be devoted to any purpose he selects. Mr. Bernard Docker, chairman of the board of Westminster Hospital, has given £1000 for the endowment of a bed in the new hospital as a peace gesture. Mr. Chamberlain has requested the authorities to present to the hospitals the bouquets that have been given him. Mr. William Parkinson, a Blackpool sportsman, has offered to build, as a present to the municipality, 12 houses to be occupied by ex-servicemen or their families, rent free, to commemorate Mr. Chamberlain's peace. .« The Versailles Town Council has made Mr. Chamberlain an honorary citizen. Another French newspaper suggests that wartime municipalities should name one street Rue Neville Chamberlain. Danish women, says a message from Copenhagen, have formed a committee to organise a world-wide fund for presentation to Mr. Chamberlain in recognition of his work.