KING’S ILLNESS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1928, Page 5

KING’S ILLNESS

CONDITION UNCHANGED.

PRINCE OF WALES’S JOURNEY

PASSAGE ACROSS EUROPE

I'icao .n.obu'CiU l>i Oil —UJIiWU LONDON, Dec. 7.

The King had some restful sleep, but liis general, condition is unchanged, states a bulletin issued at 11.3 ua. m. further investigation into his condition will be made to-day. An eminent authority is quoted to the effect that the King’s condition is still sufficiently serious to cause anxiety. “What is now feared is the formation of an abscess following the discharge from the infected area/’ the authority states. ' . Dr. Whitby, one of His Majesty’s doctors, is an authority on empyema, but the fact that the,.King was not X-rayed a second time seems to indicate that the possible development will be successfully controlled. Reports from ltome show that the Italian offer of an aeroplane to carry the Prince of Wales from Egypt to Brindisi has 1 been declined. The Duke of Gloucester is travelling in General Hertzog’si special saloon, and will arrive at the Cape in ample time to join the Balmoral Castle. When he was passing through Deaar Junction, Mayor Me-teran, a- Boer commander, expressed the sympathy and affection of the back veldt people for Their Majesties. The Royal Family’s Christmas plans have necessarily been altered. The Queen will spend Christmas at Buckingham Palace. Princess Mary is also likely to remain. The Prince of Wales is expected at Suez at 11 p.m. on December 7, and at Cairo at eight o’clock on Saturday morning. He will entrain at 5.45 p.m. on a special for Port Said, where -he is expected to rejoin the Enterprise five hours later. It is understood the Prince prefers to continue to Brindisi aboard the Enterprise. Should the Enterprise be delayed en _ route the Prince will join the Frobisher, which is standing by. The British Consul at Naples is proceeding direct to Brindisi to have everything in readiness for the Prince to entrain for London. Instructions have been given the Prince not to worry with receptions, and no one will be allowed to approach his train.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR FAST TRIP.

Received 10.55 a.m. to-day. PARIS, Dec. 7

The Prince of Wales’s train will do the 1425 miles from Brindisi to Boulogne in. forty-three hours, which is much faster than the ordinary expresses. Whole lines will be cleared an hour before the royal train is due. MOST ENCOURAGING FOR DAYS COMMENT ON THE BULLETINS. REASSURING SIGNS. LONDON, Dec. 6. To-day’s bulletins are regarded as the most encouraging for some days. Satisfaction was expressed at the morning announcement that the ■localisation of the infective process was maintained, and the announcement in the evening of the fact that j the King’s general condition, which i was earlier reported to he slowly improving, remained the same, is regarded . as important. Furthermore, the absence of any reference to anxiety concerning the heart, together with the fall in temperature, have all helped to promote a more optimistic air. This was emphasised by the considerably smaller numbers outside the palace to-night. It is stated authoritatively that the King passed a restful day. An eminent medical authority described the bulletins as very satisfactory. “My reason for saying so,” he said, “is that they indicaate the resistance of the patient is overcoming the spread of the infection. It means it is- now only a matter for patience until the condition is slowly removed.” Another reassuring sign to-day is the official intimation that Princess Mary now hopes to carry out her Northampton engagements during the week-end, consisting of opening a new nurses’ quarters and the inspection of the British Legion parade. One of the outstanding features of His Majesty’s illness is the continued interest he has displayed in events. This has been emphasised by two or three -letters which" he has commanded to he sent to those- whose anxiety as to his welfare has particularly touched him. At his own request the bulletins are shown, him night and morning before they are posted' at the palace gates, while the newspapers are invariably delivered to him. BULLETIN REGARDED AS GOOD. ■KING >,S-GENERAL. CONDITION SATISFACTORY. Received, 10.15 a.m. to-clay. LONDON, Dee. 7. No significance is attached to the lateness of the issue of the bulletin, which is- regarded- as good. Ilis Majesty’s general condition is satisfactory. A further bulletin is not expected before the usual time in the evening. The bulletin was- not posted till -12.20. Many hundreds waited for three hours. The King was radiographed this afternoon. A portable apparatus was stationed in the yard, from where a cable was laid to the King’s bedroom. DUKE- OF GLOUCESTER. ENTHUSIASTIC SEND-OFF AT CAPETOWN. Received 10.15 a.m. to-day. CAPETOW.., Dec. 7. When the Balmoral Castle was going out the crews of the other ships massed and cheered. The Duke of Gloucester standing on the- upper bridge, acknowledged the greeting. Huge -crowds at. the docks, in view of the more cheerful news of the. King, gave him an enthusiastic send-off.