THE BRITISH THRONE
FIRMER THAN EVER BEFORE. CONFIDENCE OF THE DEMOCRACY. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, May 6. The newspapers, in leading articles on the twentieth anniversary of the accession of King George, emphasise that his Majesty has seen more changes (political, social, and scientific) than any of his predecessors, (he greatest event being, the late war. While other thrones have tottered and faUen, the British throne stands firmer than ever before in .the confidence of the democracy. The Bung .visited the Newmarket races to-day. His Majesty had not been on a racecourse, since before his illness in 1928. He looked remarkably well, and chatted gaily with the members of his party. His Majesty entered the totalisator building and watched with great interest the working of the machine.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21020, 8 May 1930, Page 10
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