QUEBEC DISAPPOINTED
ARRANGEMENTS ALTERED QUEBEC, May 14. Local citizens who had drilled for days for their part in the reception of their Majesties were greatly disappointed when it was announced that the ship would be a day late, but the disappointment was greatly mitigated when it was learned that the Ottawa programme was the only one likely to be cut. In fact, there was some gratification that Ottawa was likely to claim a lesser share in the proceedings. It is no longer a secret that, in many quarters, it was felt that the capital and officialdom were claiming an over-large share of royal attention. Many in social circles felt they had been edged out in order to make room for politicians. This idea found open expression in a leader in the Chronicle-Telegraph, Quebec’s only English language newspaper, which deplored the influx of visitors from Ottawa to Quebec, contending that, since one of the purposes of the royal visit was to permit their Majesties to come into contact with as many subjects as possible, it would be better if Ottawa personages “ reserved gratification of their social ambitions” until their Majesties reached Ottawa.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23809, 16 May 1939, Page 9
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