CONSIDERATE POLICEMEN

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30056, 14 February 1963, Page 14

CONSIDERATE POLICEMEN

Help Given To Children

(From Our Own Reporter) NELSON, Feb. 13.

One of the most talkedabouit events of the Royal visit to Nelson was the action of the Commissioner of Police (Mr C. L. Spencer) outside the Hotel Nelson.

Mr Spencer looked for children behind the barrier who could not see or were getting restive, and he lifted them over and sat them in perfect positions practically on the red carpet where the Queen was soon to walk.

His actions were emulated at Pollard Park, Blenheim, where policemen escorted little children to better viewing spots well inside the official enclosure. Ahead Of Time The Royal day went so smoothly and with such precision that the entourage found itself 10 minutes early on the way to Picton. Suddenly, the long convoy of cars stopped in the hills about a mile away from the town.

The Duke got out, and, at the same time, Mir H. Free-man-Greene, the New Zealand press secretary to the Queen, came running back to insist tactfully on no photographs. Photographers and journalists were kept four cars away while the Duke leaned on the Royal car and chatted to his wife.

When time had caught up with the entourage the Dike suddenly stepped into the car and they were off again. Both the Queen and the Duke looked around to laugh as the rest of the party scuttled back to their cars. Best-Known Car A car without any passengers competed with the Queen’s Rolls-Royce for attention throughout the drive through . Nelson- and ' Marlborough. It was the sleek Ford Galaxie convertible the QUeen uses for short drives and public welcomes. It was the car which was damaged in a concertina collision at Wellington, and was repaired faultlessy in five hours before being sent across to Nelson last night in a Bristol Freighter. “There it is,” and “That’s the one that got smashed,” were heard all along the route. It is rapidly becoming the best-known car in the country.

We do not know what to do with tihiis short life, yet we wish for another which will be eternal.—Anatole France.