ENTENTE CORDIALE.

Northern Advocate, 18 May 1927, Page 5

ENTENTE CORDIALE.

j BRILLIANT CEREMONY RECEPTION OP FRENCH LEADERS WONDERFUL ENTHUSIASM. (United Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 16. e A brilliant pageantry and outburst e of popular enthusiasm marked the ar- [ • rival of President Doumergue and M. e j Briantl. t Cheering crowds lined the route to s the Palace where the Irish Guards; . j were drawn up in ceremonial uniform. I ■ The Prince of Wales, the French Am- . bassador and Lord Haig met the party] I I at Dover. x j His Majesty the King, Prince Henry, j i the Duke of Connaught, members of j i the Cabinet and distinguished citizens, in full Court -dress, mot the visitors ait ■. the station, which was -covered with u I a red carpet, beflagged and banked up . with fresh flowers. Military bands tiplayed the National Anthem and the i ! Marseillaise as the train drew into the i station. . i His Majesty and the President shook . hands with obvious friendliness and > j genuine cordiality. ~ Spectators and those on the special , 1 stands were especially delighted to see | His Majesty singling out the Prince of ; 1 Wales for a warm handshake, in spite 1 . of the fact that he was absent only [! a few hours. < Lord Cranard, Master of the Horse, • conducted the President to the Royal j ; | carriage, which was surrounded by an . escort of Life Guards. i ! The President later laid a wreath on j 11 the Cenotaph and Unknown Soldier’s' , j Tomb in the Abbey. Later he was en- j itertained at a banquet at the Palace.: I —A.P.A. and Sun. I j FRENCH PRESIDENT IN LONDON. ; • ! • STATE BANQUET AT BUCKING- ; j HAM. | A NOTABLE EVENT. i LONDON, May 16. 1 The famous gold plate was used at j the Palace banquet in honour of the I President of France. There were 150 J I guests, including eleven Royalties, j J’The staircase leading to the banquet-j i iug hall was lined with troopers of { the Household Cavalry, and the hall j was lavishly decorated. The King! wore Admiral’s uniform and the Queen was robed in a magnificent j gowii of opalescent paillette over j creamy chiffon. Her gems included I j the Koh-i-noor diamond, i • The King, in toasting the President j !of France, emphasised that the visit j ; was a manifest sign of the Entente | : Oordiale so happily established be-; ! tween the two countries. j j President Doumergue, in replying j - said the Entente Cordiale created be- j tween Britain and France indissoluble j tics which future generations woiild i . maintain as a sacred heritage. j ( j The President decorated the Queen) j with the Legion of Honour, j I INCREASE IN CRIME j I FIVE FURTHER DETECTIVES. j | WELLINGTON, This Day. | ! Owing to the increase -of crime in | Auckland the following detectives are . j being added to the existing staff: —Do- ( j teetive-Sergeant Bicker dike, of Christ- ■ i church, Detectives Allen, Christchurch, j } j Hunt and Sinclair, Wellington and Roy- i croft, Dunedin. I Commissioner Mcllveney states he is • determined that the present wave of; crime in Auckland shall be Press Assn. 1 i i OLD MAN’S DEATH i 1 CAR DRIVER BLAMELESS. ] GISBORNE, This Day. At the inquest on Frank MeCarten,' the elderly man who died from injuries through 'being knocked down i by a car in the Gladstone Road, evi- | deuce was given that the car was I driven by Ainslic Dunstone. It was I not travelling more than ten miles ) per hour ami the night was wet. The coroner held that there was no evidence of carelessness or negligence on the part of the driver. —Press 1 1 Assn. 1