ON BEHALF OF THE KING

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 8

ON BEHALF OF THE KING

♦ THE QUEEN PERFORMS TWO OPENING CEREMONIES NEW MARKET & LINCOLN’S INN HALL (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. November 23, 9.50 p.m.) London, November 23. The Queen, accompani d by the Duke of York, this afternoon performed two ceremonies on behalf of the King, opening the fine new extension of the Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market, and later inaugurating the restored old hall of Lincoln’s Inn. Her Majesty drove to Spitalfields. Crowds all along the route gave her a specially warm ovation. The Queen was welcomed by Sir Kynaston Studd, Lord Mayor of London, with a loyal address, and Lord Cromer, who is Lord Chamberlain, read the speech which the King was to have made. In the speech the King expressed the opinion that if the new market was established in London as the chief British centre for the distribution of imported fruit and vegetables, it would be of more than national importance. It would do a service to the cause of inter-imperial trade, and to the whole Empire. The Queen then opened the gates of the new market with a golden key, amid an outburst of cheering. This is the first function of its kind that the. Queen has been called upon to perform without the presence of the King. Proceeding to Lincoln’s Inn Her. Majesty formally re-opened the old hall, which was built in Tudor days, and signed the Golden Book, being the first member of the Royal House to do so since Charles the Second wrote his name in it. (Australian Press Association.) London, November 22. Daylong rain did not deter thousands of East Londoners from lining the busv thoroughfares leading to Spitalfields. where the Queen, deputising for the King, motored for the ceremonial opening of a £2,000,000 market extension. The Lord Mayor and civil dignitaries were conveyed by gilded carriages to the market, and assembled in a vast pavilion in which were a thousand guests. Mr. Trumble represented Australia and Sir James Parr New Zealand. The Lord Mayor presented a gold key with which the Queen opened the market, to the accompaniment of cheers. At the official inspection in the centre of the tenacre market was a huge fruit-laden basket ship named Sailor King, amidst fruit trees, which the stall-holders presented to the Queen. The gift contained a world-wide selection of fruit, mostly Empire-grown. A case of Australian navel oranges was included. All were given to the London hospitals.