KING’S ACCESSION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22256, 8 May 1934, Page 7

KING’S ACCESSION

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

QUIET CELEBRATIONS

(United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

LONDON, May 6,

To-day the twenty-fourth anniversary of the King’s accession to the throne was celebrated quietly. Flags were flown from public buildings, and the “To Denm ” was sung at St, Paul’s, Westminster. The anthem was written for the coronation of James 11, and a special Collect was used throughout the country. Their Majesties attended the morning service in the private chapel at Windsor.

They received telephonic congratulations from the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Prince George, while the Duke of Gloucester had lunch with his parents. Many hundreds of messages were received from all parts of the Empire. Traditional customs were observed at the palace, the servants assembling and toasting their Majesties in champagne. Their Majesties will return to Buckingham Palace on Monday, when a royal salute of 21 guns, will be fired in Hyde Park. No arrangements have yet been made for special celebrations of the twentyfifth anniversary. “A GREAT LEADER.” LONDON, May 7. (Received May 7, at 8.45 p.rn.) The Daily Mail, in a leader, says: " Twenty-four of the most tremendous years in history have passed since King George ascended the throne. He and the Queen have bound ns all by ties of love and loyalty. His Majesty is a great leader in the real sense, whose quiet steadfastness and forceful example have shown the way to national achievement in peace and war. The Queen’s duties are equally onerous and her launching of the new Cunarder will inspire the whole nation. It is delightful to see the King so active, full of energy and vigour, and absorbed in all his subjects’ interests.”