THE KING’S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW
No Public Holiday Tomorrow His Majesty King George VI will celebrate bis 43rd birthday. There will not he a public holiday in New Zealand; by arrangement, because of the proximity of tile date to so many other public holidays, I lie King’s Birthday was officially commemorated on -lune (>. and any festiv itios will be purely private ones The old British tradition of drinking the King’s health on his birthday is still solemnly observed by many loyal New Zealanders.
Yesterday a salute was tired Hom Point Jerniugham battery to mark the second anniversary of the King’s accession, and a similar salute will be tired tomorrow.
As a lad of 14, the present King entered the Royal Naval College, Osborne. as a cadet, and was gazetted midshipman in 1!>13. On the outbreak of the Great War he went on. active service with the Gram! Fleet and was at the battle of Jutland Shortly afterward ill-health comttelled him Io seek loss rigorous employment, but from 1917 to 1920 he served with distinction in the Royal Air Force. He then went into resilience for a year at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in June, 1920. he took his seat in the House of Lords as Duke of York. In April, 11)23. he married Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon, the Earl of Strathmore’s youngest daughter.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 68, 13 December 1938, Page 12
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