THE KING ON HOLIDAY
CRUISING IN THE NAHLIN (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, August 10. The King embarked on the yacht Nahlin at Sibenik, in Dalmatia, at the beginning of his holiday. Press messages report that the town w r as gaily decorated and that large crowds assembled. They cheered loudly as the King left the railway coach in which his Majesty travelled from Calais, and proceeded on board. Later his Majesty went on shore and visited the cathedral. When the yacht sailed she was accompanied by the British destroyers Graftoi and Glowworm, and a courtesy escort of two destroyers and a torpedo boat provided by the Jugoslav naval authorities. GOLFING TUTOR ON BOARD LONDON, August 10. (Received August 11, at 10 p.m.). The Daily Mail’s Belgrade correspondent says the King’s party aboard the Nahlin includes Archie Compston, who will accompany the party throughout the cruise as trainer, using the deck for putting, Ditching, and even drives. There are 3000 golf balls aboard, most of which, it is anticipated, to be lost overboard. Compston has frequently tutored the King in the past There is also fishing tackle aboard. It is expected that the King will enjoy bathing, fishing, and sunbasking in the quiet inlets with which the coast abounds. The Nahlin, accompanied by British and Jugoslav destroyers, steamed southwards into a heat haze, with the King in a flannel suit and a straw hat, leaning oyer the stern rail, smiling and waving to peasants.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22957, 12 August 1936, Page 9
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