SIMPLE BUT REAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12770, 28 January 1936, Page 5

SIMPLE BUT REAL

KING GEORGE’S RELIGION

PRIMATE’S TRIBUTE AT ; MEMO'RIAL SERVICE.

UNPRECEDENTED SCENES IN ABBEY.

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright)

LONDON, Jan. 26.' j

Westminster Abbey exhibited un- j preceden'tedl scenes When all| seats were occupied the public stream-; ed in the nave and besieged the choir ; gates until the entry of the choir ■ compelled them to retire. Canon Eoxley Norris recalled that the Abbey was the King’s church and he lovedit.

At to-day’s memorial service, the Arehibishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, said: “Some of us will always remember the favorite ending of King George’s personal letters was ‘your old friend.’ “His religion war simple but real. I have appealed to his people to keep his example before them by recovering simplicity of lile and remembrance of God/.

“Queen Mary gave King George wonderful comradeship over 40 years, showing noble fortitude in these anxious days and giving all surrounding her an example of unbroken calmness, and strength. I pray God that she may be long with us to enjoy the full possession of the hearts of her people.

“As to the Prince of Wales, no other Monarch ever came to the r J’hrone so intimately knowing all classes of his subjects. We pray that his gifts may be consecrated, to the service of God and the people. ’

e CATHOLIC TRIBUTES

London's Catholics filled Westminster Cathedral to hear Father John Murray pay tribute to the dead King.

All Catholic churches throughout Britain were thronged with worshippers praying before the Blessed Sacrament, which the bishops ordered to be exposed for special intentions, namely the repose of King George’s sould, that King Edward and Queen Mary and the Royal Family may be comforted, and that King Edward's rule may he as prosperous and happy as was his father’s. The bishops also ordered the “Dead March” to be played alter High Mass. Similar observances are being held 10-moriow and Tuesday.

TRULY HUMBLE MAX. SECRET OF KINO (tEORGE’S . POPULARITY. PEOPLE DRAWN BY PERSONAL ATTACH.M EXT. ' ! PRIMATE’S EULOGY OYER AIR, (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). LONDON, Jan. 20. The services of homage culminated in the national memorial from Broadcasting House, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, testifying to King George’s personality. He said: “This simple and truly humble man had drawn his people to himself by real personal attachment. Once as 1 was walking with him m the Highlands said, somewhat sadly, that lie seemed destined again and. again to encounter Rational difficulties, each more searching than any m Queen Victoria’s reign. He was not endowed. , with any conspicuous gifts of Tody j and mind, though his memory was most accurate, his judgment sound, and his experience evergrowing. “He always lamented coming to the Throne with no education but that given to a sailor. 'This was admirable in it'clf, but scarcely wide enough as an introduction to public affairs.

“He never possessed arts, nor practised devices by which popularity is ul'teji secured, yet, despite all, his personality 1 came through. As' crisis alter crisis passed, the people realised • his quiet courage, confident trust, uiuli unswerving devotion, and felt that the centre of the national life was a. man, strong, confident, steadfast, and mindful of God. He gave a new significance to the name of the King by the personal affection ho drew from the hearts of his people.”

EX-.KAISER'E WHEATH

FOREIGN LEADERS AT CHURCH

(U.R.A. by Elec. Tel- Copyright) (Received Jan. 27, G. 30 p.m.), LONDON, Jam 27.

The ex-Kaiser, who is celebrating his 77th- birthday on January 27 nitric greatest simplicity in view u the British mourn-ing, is sending a wreath uf 500 golden Dutch tulips and aurum lilies, with a white nbbon attached, bearing the initials «n his wife and himself’. It will he carried by Prince Frederick, his granc.son. . ~ The Emperor of Japans aiea consists -of 500 white carnations amt orchids, tied with rod and white mbmoil. Prince Peter o.f Greece and Rumanian and Greek Ministers - attended the Greek Cathedral of St. Sophia at Bayswater. the interior of. which was draped in black. This German Ambassador, Hem von Hdesch, and r members of the embassy staff attended the Christie Kirchs,' Montpelier Palace'. • The French Huguenot Church m Soho Square was crowded at the morning service. Boy Scouts conducted the Ambassador, ■M. Corbin, to his seat . Tlie service was in French>'except the: National Anthem, which was sung in English.

VIENNA . PRESS RECALLS /KING • EDWARD’S VISIT.

SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

TRADES UNION LEADER’S REQUEST.

4 ‘DO NOT FORGET THE WORKMEN.”

(IJ.P.A. b.y Elec. Tel. Copyright). Jan. 27, 8 pari'.). . VIENNA, Jan. 27

The Deputy-Mayor' of Vienna, in a newspaper article recalling the King’s visit to a Vienna*city tenements last year, significantly mention** a Trades Union leader, who stepped forward and said, “When you pro King, pray do not forget the workmen. See that they get bread and peace. You look as though you had the qualifications.’*

The article relates that on the same visit tlu King. addressing school teachers, compared the Austrian with flic Swedish and British educational methods, and showed enthusiasm when informed what was regarded as an improvement here on the older methods.

CHANGES AT PALACE, KING SELECTS NEW ROOM AS OFFICE. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). (Received Jan. 27, 7.50 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 27. The King has already efTectod changes at Buckingham Palace. He will work on the ground floor instead of in his father’s first floor study, in a smallish room formerly a waiting room and furnished largely with gifts from the Empress of China to King Edward VII. Some of the furniture has now been removed to make room for the King’s desk and other equipment. Simple decorations include paintings of the Royal racehorses. ,

' They will eat in extensive diningsaloons, served by stewards, with foods prepared by first-class chefs. There will he smart cocktail bars and dancing floors. Passengers will bo able to smoke—the helium gaA is non-inflammable. They will sleep in luxuriously appointed staterooms. Only a faint humming sound will tell them that great sky-liner is being driven by powerful, roaring engines, each housed in a gondola, outside the hull. Even if they fly at heights where sleet and snojw arc born, through the driving cloud's of ice crystals four miles above the earth, the travellers will bo warm, keptjat an even temperature by central heating and air conditioning. If the maiden voyage is to New York passengers will do the journey in less than three days. If it is to Bradil, acres the South Atlantic, th,ey will halve the time taken by the fastest ships. Every cabin is Looked for the mideii voyage. Hugo Eokuer, veteran of the air-, -ship Tinas; will command her. Among his officers will be men who bombed London from • the Zeppelins in 1910.' ,v. \ .