TRIUMPHAL TOUR ENDS

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 7

TRIUMPHAL TOUR ENDS

ENTHUSIASTIC SENDOFF EMM HALIFAX.

TREMENDOUS CROWD.

Cheering And Singing As Liner Sails.

HIS MAJESTY BROADCASTS

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(rtrv.-ivr.fi JO n.tn.) HAUKAX. Juno |.-,. Alter savin;,' farewell {~ ini|]i,, ns of Ciimidiaiis and Americans by nidi" uiili "full minds jinii fail hrnrt.-." Km- (.<■<. and rciiznhcth -nilril Nt 7 p.m. (Kiistorn (iH.vliirlil hint , ) jit the dost- of a triiini|)luiiil !U'J7 miles' visit, to [\ w N'ew World. A wjinn sun was shininjr us the Uiiynl I rum rolled on to Pier ■J'J, t ruin which they sailed aboard the Kiiipri'-- of linliiin jit (i.IVJ p.m. Lord T«iM'iNiiiiiir, (JoM-rrmi •-( Jenerni. Meiiteiiiint lin\ enior of Niivii Si-ntiii. Mr. KnhpiM tiwin. llic I'riMiiier, Mr. AiiuuVliiciliiiiiilil. K.C.. the Miiyi.r of Hii!if>i\. Mr. Whllit MiteliHl. anil Ailiniml Sii Dmllry Nnrtli. win. will dike t Ik-mi lionic. Merc mi the [lint fruvil to aiwl them. The Kin:; Admiml's uniform, iinrl the nil A lire. Mm- ilnss with »hiirt. jiiekel nf the -nine nmterinl.

Their Majesties' fmeAvells were -aid in the ciipitiil of New Scotland where Uritish Til iy in t ion tc I iiiiiklh started • hnrtly I info n> 1(121. when .James I. j/runtcd ii. charter to Sir William Alex•lff. A pujreant by Nova Seotian Imronrts in ' authentic plaids was pre"cntPfl. part iciiliirly to honour tlie yiippti'i Scottish nneewtrv.

"We Want the King and Queen." A checi iii'_' thionj:. estimated liy the police at 1.'i0.000. roared out a List' fine "ell us Their Majesties I*.ft Canada after il month on the North American mainland. A crowil twice the population ot Halifax had cheered Their Majesticihrolijfhoiit, their sc\en hour >tay in the N'nMl Sentirt eiipital. I heir Majesties hoardeil the liner a> 1.27 after luncheon at < !o\ crtimeiit House. In response to repeated calls of "Wμ wnnt the Kin , .' and they ii.peined iit the mil shortly before the inpicss of Britain pulled out. Crowds Ihe seawall boyan silljjin , !. "Allld ..in , . . Syne." nlmoft the moment the -I'i'ike liejjan to stream from the centre iniiel. ii n<l I lip strains of the son;; were ■•ii' of Hie last things Their Majesties , ■ M.I us thev .sailed.

I he King, in his broadcast, said: — "The time has come for the Queen and myself to say good-bye to the people of Canada. You have given us a welcome of which the memory will always be dear to us. In our travels across your great country we have seen not a little of its infinite variety and its natural wealth and natural beauty. "Wβ have had the privilege of meeting Canadians old and young, of many proud racial origins, and n all walks of life. We hope we Vive made many friends among you. We have had the opportunity also of crossing your border and paying an all too brief visit to Canada's great friendly neighbour to the south. "Our minds and hearts are full. We leave your shores after some of the most inspiring and illuminating weeks of our lives. ' "I return to England with a new sense of the resources and responsibilities of our British Empire. I am confident that Canada has before her development far beyond the most optimistic dreams of her pioneers. Her growth in material wealth is fully assured for her sons and daughters. I wish her an even greater growth in stature, mind and spirit. "I go home with another thought which is a comfort and an inspiration. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the tropics to the Arctic lies a large part of earth where there is no possibility of war between neighbours whose peoples are wholly dedicated to the pursuits of peace—a pattern to all men of how civilised nations should live together.

"It is good to know that such a region exists, for what man can do once, he can do again by God's grace. Yours may yet be the example which all the world will follow." The following paragraph was delivered in French for the French-Canadians: — "My first duty is to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. In a very short time you enabled us to see many things. We have to thank you. not only for your personal kindness, but for the perfection of "our arrangements. I must say that f think we almost performed a -"'racle in surmounting the many '''fficulties presented by covering so v <ist a space in so limited a time." ' ln'ir Majc-ties' broadcasts followed a "' ' 'icon in the ballroom of the Nova - ■ : nii Motel. After honouring the ■il toii-t. the Premier announced that r Majesties would speak. As the rose the quests stood and cheered. liin Kind's request they sat down a* i" ::u» liis broadcast. -poke with calm assurance in a hi voice. His eyes swept the 2.">0 :i!e in the ballroom as he was speaking. •.-nests listened with rapt attention burnt into cheering when the broadt uns completed. A* throughout the it His Maje-ty'- , enunciation, both in ngli-li and Kreiich, was clear and H«linct.