THE KING
LONDON, August 201 When the King and Quee.' were at Cowes on Sunday evening tiny visited the Benedictine Convent, where they stayed nearly an hour. Sir Frederick Treves, Surgeon to the Eling, took leave of his Majesty yesterday. Sir Francis Laking, Physician in Ordinary, remains in attendance. Lord Knollys, Private Secretary to the King, has written to Sir Edmund Barton on behalf of his Majesty thanking Captain Chuck, of Sydney, for a walking-stick, which the King accepted as a most interesting relic of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour. “Truth” states that the King’s yachting cruise will include Ireland, where he will visit the Cork Exhibition. His Majesty will arrive at Aberdeen about the end of the month, and will thence go to Balmoral, the Royal residence in the Highlands. LONDON, August 21. The Shall of Persia visited King Edward aboard the Royal yacht in the Solent. He had an interview lasting two hours with his Majesty. The Shah received the Garter of Grand Cross of St. Michael.
A gunner, while firing a salute to the Shah aboard the warship Victory, was killed, the charge exploding lyLONDON, August 22. The King, the Queen and Princess Victoria, after a farewell visit to the late Queen Victoria’s apartments at Osborne House, started on a cruise in the Victoria and Albert round Great Britain. The Royal yacht anchored for the night at Weymouth, where the Sovereigns had a great reception. At the King’s instance newspapers have been allowed to reproduce a facsimile of his Majesty’s letter to the people on the eve of the Coronation. LONDON, August 23. The King has arrived at Milford Haven from Weymouth.
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New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 44
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