EX-KING EDWARD

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1936, Page 8

EX-KING EDWARD

(Ans. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, December 17 Edward the Eighth’s tour of the distressed areat in South Wales and tho Church attitude towards him. were mentioned during the Commons debaitc, initiate,] by Labour members on unemployment an,] (he means best. Mr Bevan sa'd the Min'stcr of Labour had declared the unemployed had not rcsen'ted h's asd.stance scheme Everyone was <istonishe,] during tlra late King's tour of' South Wales by the absence of any demonstration again.st the Minister Oif Labour (Mr Brown), ivlio on that occasion took advantage of the people’s att'tudc towards the late K’Ug. Air Drown pro tee.ted him-elf against the attack that was due to him. If" lie bePeved I here was no resientment. let him go to South Wales again, without the shelter of tin? Royal purple. lie would sec plo-ntv of resentment then. Mr McGovern said: “if a plebisc ; te had been taken cm the means test, the Government would have been defeated just, ak 'lf the issue of the lat-e monarch had been put to the country bo would, have beaten the Cab’net. The Cabinet and the Prime Minister would have gone, but the man woul,] have remained. Lot 'the P> : shops come out and deal wit'fi the means, test, and never mind' Airs Simpson. Let ■ thorn deal w’Xh unemployment instead of kicking a man when he is down. Let them play the game. Let them, .instea',] of looking on h'gli. look down below on the .starving wrecks of the means -test and unemployment.” Mr Brown, replying, f.:'id 'bat no owe would gather from the Labour members’ speeches ithnt he. was responsible for Ihe payment to unemployed persons! in 1935 of over £18.000,000and in the present year £lB.OOO 000 of be,nclt and nearly £40.000.000 in assistance, nor that £8.000,000 had been uaid out ; n benefit anj assistance in South Wales alone. There was no sinister motive behind the regulations whose mo.t.iv-e was solely to obviate hardship. LONDON, December 17. For the firrtt time since King George th'e Fifth died, the Rova.l tram will be used, when the Court moves to Sandringham for Christmas, carlv next week. The train took K : ng George the Fifth on hiw la«t v'"is ; t to Sandringham a year ngo< and a few weeks later brought his body back to. Londes. It hais hot been in commission ninee. K’ng Edward preferred to travel by iroad o,r a ; r, but when he used the ra' Iway he was usually in a special coach atiar-lmd to an ordinary tra’n.