KING'S INTEREST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23525, 9 December 1939, Page 13

KING'S INTEREST

BRITISH TROOPS ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY COMPREHENSIVE TOUR LONDON", Dec. 7 A message from the headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force in France states that His Majesty, accompanied by Viscount Gort, V.C., and the ,'Duke of Gloucester, _ had luncheon with the French Pre si-' dent, M. Lebrun, the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, and high Allied officers at a tiny restaurant in a provincial town behind the lines, when cordial toasts were exchanged. . The French statesmen, who had motored from Paris, expressed delight at this further evidence of the strength and solidarity of the Entente. " —: In the course of his third day's tour of the British sector, His Majestytravelled more than 300 miles, visited the headquarters of-, anti-aircraft: batteries, armoured* - car units and regiments of the line, and traversed muddy communication trenches. , .. The King was greatly amused at tha gunners' dug-outs, which were placarded with cartoons of British and German leaders, and a caricature of Hitler hurtling toward the sky on top of a shell. His Majesty's*inspection of the units of the British Force, which yesterday included visits to aerodromes, a review of the Guards Regiment, and a parade of several thousands of troops belonging to various brigades, Was resumed early to-day, after a brief conversation with war correspondents on the terrace of the chateau, where His Majesty had spent the night, says a British official wireless message. A distinguished French writer, M. Andre Maurois, and the doyen of British war correspondents?-' Sir Philip Gibbs, were-among those with whom' the King conversed.

AUSTRALIA'S AIMS BROADCASTS TO WORLD TRANSMISSIONS SHORTLY CANBERRA, Dec. 8 World-wide Australian short-wave broadcasts will be begun on December 20 with an address by the Prime Minister, Mr. 11. G. Menzies. The service will be transmitted\to Europe, North aud South America,, the Last, and also to India and Africa. - The chief transmission will be to North Europe, in the English, French, German and Dutch languages. Later the transmissions will be extended to Mediterranean countries. Tlie aim of the broadcasts, according to Sir Henry Gullett, Minister of Information, is to emphasise to the world that Australia is a nation of free-thinking, peace-loving.' people, whose whole-hearted for Britain comes from af r conviction that the Empire's cause is jiist.

THIRTEENTH LIST AIR FORCE, CASUALTIES NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED LONDON. Dec. 7 The Air Ministry's latest casualty list includes two New Zealanders. PilotOfficer D. C. It. Carter, of Eltham, and Pilot-Officer H. K. A. Drummond, of Reefton, both of whom were killed on active service. The list, No. 13, is as follows: "Killed in action, 2; previously reported missing, and now reported killed in action, 5; previously reported missing and believed killed, now reported killed in action, 1; killed on active service, 25; missing, two; missing, believed to be killed, 1; died on active service, 12."

CHILDREN IN COUNTRY QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VISIT British Wireless LONDON. Dec. ? Queen Elizabeth, who was the guest last night of the Earl and Countess of Bessborough. to-day visited Sussex villages in which children from London are living. Her Majesty made an extended tour and visited several cottages.

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