KING’S BIRTHDAY

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1935, Page 5

KING’S BIRTHDAY

AGED SEVENTY ON MONDAY

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, May 30.

Tin? King will celebrate his seventieth birthday on Monday. He will attend, that morning, the picturesque and im--1 nessivo ceremony of trooping the col* ours by the Guards’ Battalions, which every dune 3 attract great crowds of spectators. This year, there "ill be an opportunity of purchasing birthday emblems, in aid ,of the King’s Silver dubdoo Trust. This fund is the personal gift of the nation to His Majesty, who decided that it should he devoted to the “welfare of the rising generation.” The fund will, not start a new organisation, but will help existing ones, winch are concerned with the youth movement of the nation in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Additional financial assistance will enable boys’ and girls’ clubs, and many organisations, to extend their activities. Playing games, gymnasium equipment for games, headquarters for youth centres, campaign equipment, and many other things were needed. Contributions to the fund continue to pour in to St. James’s Palace, where every day, for weeks past, the Prince of Wales has spent much time in its organisation. The total has increased to such an extent that there are hopes that the first million pounds will have been reached next week.

The sale of Monday’s birthday emblems has been organised by voluntary workers throughout the London area, and one and a half million of them have been specially made by the British Legion poppy factory.