A NATION’S GRATITUDE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 January 1929, Page 5

A NATION’S GRATITUDE

HIS MAJESTY’S RECOVERY

SERVICE ALREADY SUGGESTED.

KING'S FIRST ENGAGEMENT.

t/lilted t'LHaa AtsuotsiaUau —By Electric Telegraph '-'jpyrigai.J (Auatraliau Preea Association.) LONDON, Jan. 23. The “Daily News’ political) correspondent states it is intended, to hol d a taauKsgivmg service at St. Paul's foamo King’s, recovery. The iunqtdon, niuca will inolude a procession through, the streets of London, will he ihis Majesty’s first public engagement. It is unlikely to take place for several months yet. ,ce King Edward’s thanksgiving when Prince of VV'aes in 1872, it will be a national!. holiday. It is expected tne heads of foreign States will visit ■ ndon fop the service, with iviuvn synchronising services will be held, Ojties will be illuminated and bonfires lighted on prominent hills. The “Daily Express” understands that the King recently expressed a desire to go to Scotland, 'but the length of the journey ruled it out. It is mere than likely, however, that his Majesty will go to Balmoral later'. A new regulation at this year’s Courts .abates: “No lady who has been presented within the last three years can have her name submitted except under most exceptional circumstances.” It is understood that this _ has been framed with a view to keeping presentations within reasonable limits. There has been such a deluge of applications in recent years from ta,h parts of the Empire that the resulting strain on their Majesties through .standing nearly three hours has been too great. Queen Victoria,, in her later years, was accustomert to sib during the Court. Probablv the precedent wilil be revived.

PROGRESS MAINTAINED. Received noon to-day. LONDON, dan. 24. An announcement from Buckingham Palace states that the King’s progress towards recovery continues. The doctors are undecided as to the date of the next bulletin, but it is nob probable there will be one to-day as no marked change is expected while the slow progress to recovery continues. The decision regarding the date of the King’s removal to Bognor will be made in about a week’s time.