MR FORBES IN LONDON

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21465, 6 May 1935, Page 11

MR FORBES IN LONDON

AUDIENCE FROM THE KING

LOYALTY OF DOMINION EMPHASISED TRADE IMPROVEMENT IN N.Z. DESCRIBED :[.;;;11;a wir-s.-; Associ.vnotf—bi' vxetnaoTELUGII.U'II—COi'YRIOIIT.) (Received May 5, 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. The lit. lion. G. W. Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand, arrived today, and was welcomed by representatives of the Dominions Office and many New Zealanders. 11 the "Sunday Times" Mr Forbes says: "In his Empire broadcast at Christmas his Majesty happily suggested that he should be regarded as the head of a large family. It is in that spirit that we come to share in a great family reunion. It is a proud privilege to be entrusted to carry to their Majesties a inessage of loyalty and affection from New Zealand to express our earnest praver that they will long be spared to guide the destinies of the Empire. "Mis Majesty always takes a deep interest in Imperial affairs. Throughout his reign he has set an example of leadership, courage, and self-sac-rifice." Mr Forbes devoted his first press interview to an account of the improvement in New Zealand's economic position. He stated that New Zealand wholeheartedly approved of Great Britain's efforts toward the maintenance of peace in the present difficult situation in Europe. New Zealand was appointing a trade commissioner on the Continent, with headquarters at Brussels, to keep New Zealand exporters fully informed of the opportunities and the many varying regulations to which thev had to conform. He hoped New Zealand by 1930. or 1937 at the latest, would he linked by a regular air service to Great Britain. In a message in the "Daily Mail" Mr Forbes says: "No part of the Empire will enter into the spirit of rejoicing more spontaneously than New Zealand, which is bound to the Mother Country by the strongest affection, each generation eagerly grasping and maintaining the tradition of loyalty. The King is no mere symbol of sovereignty, he is honoured and esteemed as the leader of his people "

(Received May 5, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. May 5. His Majesty gave an audience to the lit. Hon. G. W. Forbes.

THE WORLD TO LISTEN IN

AMAZING IJIiOAJK.'AST NETWORK GREATEST AUDIENCE EYEU KNOWN (Received May 5, 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. His Majesty*;; broadcast from Buckingham Palace at 8 p.m. (British standard time; on Monday will have the greatest audience ever known. It will be directly received in South Africa, Canada, Australia. Nairobi, New Zealand, the United States, Egypt, Java, Shanghai, and Argentina, while stations in Austria, Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, Portugal, Switzerland, and Sweden will all relay the speech. Half the world will also listen to the service at St. Paul's. Austria, Denmark, France, and Germany are sending special radio commentators to describe the service for their respective countries. News-reel photographers will photograph the entire route, and their films will be carried by aeroplanes to every part of the country and sent by air mail to the chief capitals of Europe, the United States, and the Dominions. Men are still working day and night arranging the decorations and seats.

DETAILS OF SPECIAL BROADCASTS

■ iliilltoU utTfCIAL V.'ltttXKijtf.' RUGBY, May 3. British Broadcasting Corporation Empire transmissions of special jubilee programmes during the coming week will be as follows: The thanksgiving service attended by their Majesties at St. Paul's, together with a commentary on the Royal procession—May 6, 10.5 a.m.. 2 p.m., 7 p.m. May 7, 3 a.m.; May ii, 5.15 a.m. The review of the Kind's reign, with messages of loyal greetings from overseas, ending with a speech by the King—May 6, 5.30 p.m., 11.50 p.m.; May 7, 5.15 a.m.; 11.55 a.m., p.m. The visit by their Majesties to Westminster Hall to receive the addresses presented by the House of Lords and the House of Commons — May 0, 10.20 a.m., 3.45 p.m., 9 p.m., 11.30 p.m.; May 10, (3 a.m.

SOUVENIR PASS-BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

A YORKSHIRE SCHEME ■ u:;miii un-iu.w, ".'litr.l.ESi.. (Received May 5, 8.21 p.m.) RUGBY, May 4. | A scheme to provide all the 230,000 children at elementary schools in I the West Riding of Yorkshire, with souvenir pass-books, and a deposit of one shilling, was inaugurated yesterday. Lord Halifax, President of the Board of Education, commending the scheme, recalled that similar schemes but on a much smaller scale, were set on foot at the Coronation of King Edward, in 1902, and at the accession of King George, in 1910.