KING PASSES A RESTLESS NIGHT

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6802, 4 January 1929, Page 7

KING PASSES A RESTLESS NIGHT

No Change in Condition CONFIDENCE OVER-RIDES ANXIETY IN HIGH PLACES NEW TREATMENT DISCUSSED. United Press Association—By Electri* Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 1 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 2. A bulletin issued at 11.15 a.m. stated that the King had passed a restless night. There is no change to report in his Majesty's condition. Good Day With Some Improvement HOME SECRETARY LEAVES FOR HOLIDAY AT MENTONE. LONDON, Jan. 2. A bulletin issued from the Palace at 8.15 o'clock this evening states: — ‘ < The King passed a good day. There is a slight ‘ improvement in His Majesty's condition." Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, left London to-day for a holiday at Mentone. His departure is signilicant, because he has been in the closest touch with tho Palace thioughout the illness of the King. Sir \.illinni stated before- his dcpartuic. "I had a consultation with the doctors before I decided that it was safe to go. I feel that the worst of the illness is over, and there is every reason to hope that a, slow, improvement will take place." - _ Lord Dawson of Penn did not visit the' Palace this afternoon. Calcium Treatment INTRAVENOUS INJECTION TO RESTORE BLOOD. LONDON, Jan. 2. Experts interviewed regarding the calcium treatment say that there is increasing evidence that in certain weak states of health there is a reduction of the calcium contents of the blood, and that the deficiency ■ can be made good by administering soluble salt through the mouth, but that is a slow method of getting calcium into. the blood stream. It is usually injected in a vein by means of a hypodermic syringe. Thus the blood calcium is raised to normal. Unusually severe injections are made at intervals-of a day or two. Doubtless the calcium was administered to the King intravenously, which is quite a simple operation and must not be regarded as the last resort. The King's doctors probably solved the method on'their own. It may be described as the operation of the moment. Queen’s Reply to London’s Greetings HEARTFELT THANKS. RUGBY, Jan. 2. The following message has been addressed by the Queen to the Lord Mayor of London: — ‘‘ I have received the message which on Now Year’s Day tho Lord Mayor never fa'ia to send to the King. This message, with its expression of loyalty, devoton and. sympathy from the citizens of London, comes to me at a time of great anxiety. "The King’s illness must take its long and arduous course, but please God, I may look forward to lifting clouds; and the happy realisation of the nation’s faith and hope, love and affection extended to me and my children throughout these dark days have indeed been a support to mo and to those near and dear to me, and when health and strength shall be, as we hope, vouchsafed again to the King it will be a source of happiness to him to know that in his suffering _hq -<ms ever in tho thoughts of the citizens of London.

“I pray you, my Lord Mayor, to convey to one and all my heartfelt thanks. ’ ’