EIGHTH WEEK SEES KING STILL MAKING PROGRESS SLOWLY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 7

EIGHTH WEEK SEES KING STILL MAKING PROGRESS SLOWLY

Doctors’ Daily Problem NO IMPROVEMENT NOTED SINCE WEDNESDAY LAST DANGER NOT YET ENDED. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON. Jan. 12. It is understood, says a report issued at 9.30 a.m-.,- that the King has passed a fairly quiet night with very Jittlo change in his condition. The principal doctors had an hour’s consultation this morning. Tho fact that there has been no improvement in the King’s condition since Wednesday further indicates that the building-up of bis strength is proving extremely slow and the period of difficulty has not yet ended.- - •

Daily Problems for Eight Weeks

SEVERITY . OF ILLNESS.

Received Sunday, 7 p.m. - - . LONDON, Jan. 12.

Some estimate of the severity of the King’s illness. may be formed when it is realised, this is tho eighth weekend. Throughout the whole of this period, eminent doctors have been confronted by daily problems of tho utmost gravity and- difficulty. Doubtful, however, as tho issue remains, the past week has been tho best thus far. Tho lung trouble has ceased to be a serious factor and tile main difficulty is to rally His Majesty from- his extreme weakness Nothing could have been worse at this end than the weather of the past three weeks. The fact that the King has made even slight progress, despite the weather, justifies the hope of his recovery being more rapid with the return of warmer airs. There can bo no doubt that tho achievement of saving the King’s life is an immense credit to the doctors and nurses.

No Change Likely in Next 36 Hours QUESTION OF HOME FOR CONVALESCENT PERIOD. Received Monday, 1 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. ' The fact that there will be no bulletin till Monday indicates that the doctors are satisfied no great change is likely in the next 36 hours. The King’s condition is steady, but progress is slow indeed, therefore the position is-not-yet free from anxiety. Ray therapy was • again applied. Sir Stanley Hcwett continues to stay all night. All reports as to where his Majesty will spend his convalescence are premature, and the question has not yet even been considered. The Rome newspaper Tribuna suggests that King George may convalesco at the Duchess of Leeds’s Selva Doles castle at San Remo. Indians at a meeting of the Punjab association in Regent street, prayed for his Majesty’s recovery and stood in silence for two minutes. Special Milk Preparation From Amsterdam AERIAL MILKMAN FOR THE KING. Received Monday, 1 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. A bulletin issued at 8.20 this evening states that the King had a restful day. His condition is unchanged. Tho next bulletin will be issued on Minday morning. Milk is being brought by air from Holland for his Majesty is a special preparation called acidophitus milk, which is manufactured solely in Amsterdam. It resembles the so-called “Youghort” (sour milk) prepared for weak indigestions ,but its bacteria fulfils different functions. Queen Confined to Her Room SUFFERING FROM SLIGHT COLD Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. The Queen -has a slight cold and ia keeping to her room. Lord Dawson is spending Sunday in the country. It is his first absence since the commencement of the King’s illness. Queen Mary, who is rarely indisposed, has not left Buckingham Palace for the past two days owing to the inadvisableness of exposure in the extremely cold weather. The long, anxious strain of the King’s illness has probably contributed to her Majesty’s present indisposition. Her cold, however, is not serious enough to justify the issue of bulletins.