KING’S ACCESSION

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1930, Page 5

KING’S ACCESSION

WORLD-WIDE TRIBUTES

A NOTABLE REIGN

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.]

LONDON, May 6.

The entire British press acknowledges the twentieth anniversary of the King’s accession with glowing editorial comment and photographs. The papers print records of many of the outstanding events during his reign. Although, there are to be no special celebrations, the event will be marked with the usual salvoes of twenty-one guns at Hyde Park, Windsor, and other stations. The King, looking extremely well, has returned to London from Windsor Court. He will remain at Buckingham Palace.

Messages of congratulation have been received from all over the world. The Daily Chronicle publishes a series of special messages from M. Poincare, M. Wakatsuki, the Aga Khan, M. Painleve, and General Berenguer among others.

INSPECTION OF TOTE.

RUGBY,. May 6

Newspapers, in leading articles on the twentieth anniversary of the accession of King George, emphasise that His Majesty has seen, more changes, political, social and scientific, than any of his predecessois, the greatest event being the late war. While other thrones have tottered and fallen, the British throne stands firmer than ever before in the confidence of democracy. The King visited Newmarket races to-day. His Majesty had not been on the racecourse since before his illness in 1928. He looked remarkably well and chatted gaily with members of his party. His Majesty entered the totalisator building and watched with great interest, the working of the machine v .

SYDNEY’S SALUTATIONS.

SYDNEY, May l>.

The Australian cruisers lying in Sydney Harbour w'ere dressed to-day in. honour of the King’s twentieth year on the throne. A salute of 21 guns was fired.