KING AND QUEEN MAY VISIT NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22717, 23 May 1939, Page 9

KING AND QUEEN MAY VISIT NEW ZEALAND

Plans Depend on International | Situation

PROSPECTS OF TOUR DISCUSSED IN AUSTRALIA

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(Received May 22, 11.45 p.m.)

MELBOURNE, May 22. When the international situation has been clarified Australia and New Zealand may receive a visit from the King and Queen.

Federal Ministers, expressing delight at the message cabled from Canada that Their Majesties hoped soon to visit Australia and New Zealand, said that had the international situation been easier, a visit would probably have followed the Canadian tour.

Semi-officially, it is believed here that plans are being prepared for a tour of Australia and New Zealand as soon as it is practicable.

The Prime Minister (Mr R. G. Menzies) assured Their Majesties of a marvellous reception in view of the great and growing appreciation of the way in which they combined dignity, friendliness, and enthusiasm in the performance of their great duties.

As Duke and Duchess of York Their Majesties officially inaugurated the Federal Parliament at Canberra in 1927.

WAR MEMORIAL UNYEILED

QUINTUPLETS FOR TORONTO

KING AND QUEEN AT

VISIT TO KING AND

OTTAWA

QUEEN

“SOUL OF NATION HERE

ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS

REVEALED”

FOR SAFETY

(Received May 22, 2 p.m.)

(Received May 22, 2 p.m.) CORNWALL (Ontario), May 21. The Dionne quintuplets will wear floor-length white organdie Court gowns when they are presented to Their Majesties at Toronto to-mor-row. The entire Dionne family, with Dr. Dafoe, will make the 211 miles’ journey from Callander to-day, in a special train, which has been christened “Quintland.” It is the first time that the quintuplets have been away from home, also the first time that they have travelled in a train. Their luggage includes eight quarts of milk, also to avoid the change of digestive trouble, two gallons of chlorinated water, to which thev are accustomed.

OTTAWA, May 21. “This memorial docs more than commemorate a great event in the past; it has a message for all generations and for all countries —the message which called forth Canada’s response,” said King George at the unveiling of the Canadian National War Memorial, reports the special correspondent of the Australian Associated Press.

“Not by chance do the crowning' figures of Peace and Freedom appear side by side,” added His Majesty. “Peace and freedom cannot long be separated. It is well that we have in one world capital a visible reminder of so great a truth. Without freedom there can be no enduring peace and without peace no enduring freedom.”

Extraordinary precautions have been taken to safeguard the quintuplets. Americans from across the border are expected to swell Toronto's population to 2,000,000 to-morrow. The crowds, however, will have little chance of seeing the quintuplets.

Earlier in his address. His Majesty said: “The time and place of today’s ceremony are not without significance . . . The memorial speaks to the world of Canada's heart. Its symbolism lias been beautifully adapted to this great end. It has been well named ‘The Response.’ “One secs at a glance the answer made by Canada when the world's peace was broken and freedom threatened . . . but the symbolism of the memorial is even more profound. Something deeper than chivalry is portrayed. It is a spontaneous response to the voice of the nation's conscience. The very soul of the nation is here revealed.

The children will travel from the station in a closed car with drawn shades, accompanied by a police motor-cycle escort. The office of the Premier (Mr M. F. Hepburn), in the Legislature has been turned over to them. It contains a refrigerator and other kitchen equipment.

The King, about noon, will be greeted by the Ontario Government in the legislative chamber. Their Majesties will then proceed to the Lieutenant-Governor's suite, and the quintuplets will bo brought there. Officials are keeping the interview between Their Majesties and the five children strictly private. A previous arrangement, which suggested that a broadcast of the meeting should be permitted, has been cancelled.

“Surmounting the arch through which the armed forces of the nation arc pressing onward, arc figures of Peace and Freedom. To win peace and secure freedom, Canada's sons and daughters enrolled during the Great War. For Hie cause of peace and freedom GO.OOO Canadians gave their lives, and a still larger number suffered impairment of body or mind. This sacrifice, the national memorial holds in remembrance for our own and succeeding generations.” Just before leaving for the ceremony of unveiling the war memorial, Their Majesties spoke by telephone with the Princesses. The reception was clear.

The crowd of 100,000 wore 1 delighted when, at the conclusion of the unveiling ceremony, Their Majesties broke away from the official arrangements and stayed for half an hour talking to veterans. With four “Mounties” as their only attendants, the King and Queen mingled freely with the crowd jammed about the base of the memorial.