KING’S RECOVERY.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE. (Received April 25 at 8 p.m.) LONDON, April 24. It is stated on usually' reliable authority that a national service of thanksgiving for the King’s recovery will be held in July, probably in Westminster Abbey, and that simultaneously ser vices will be held throughout Britain and the Empire. Shoals of telegrams have been received at Craigwell House from the country and Empire, in reply to the King’s letter to the people. His Majesty read many personally. KING’S MESSAGE TO U.S.A. (United Service.) WASHINGTON, April 24. A special message from King George to the people of the United States was conveyed by Ambassador Howard. Addressing the National Academy of Science, he said: “I am specially authorised to tell the American public how deeply th e King appreciated all the sympathy manifested in so many quarters of the United States during his illness.”
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Grey River Argus, 26 April 1929, Page 2
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