The Pahiatua Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1936. OUR BELOVED KING.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13161, 20 January 1936, Page 4

The Pahiatua Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1936. OUR BELOVED KING.

News o i the very gravest order has reached u.s, and the British Empire, nay, the entire world, has been ] > rotouiu Ily moved just as we were in the dark hours of his Majesty’s last illness in November 1928, when our beloved Sovereign lay at death’s door for that seemingly endless period, during which Uord Dawson and his trusted fellow specialists kept unremitting watch over the royal patient, filially warding off the blow that was threatening the King’s life. On that occasion his Majesty contracted a severe cold which gave rise to complications affecting his lung, and so

serious did the bronchial trouble become that it was found necessary to operate for the clearing of the fluid gathering there, an operation that involved the removal of a portion of one Jung. The King was actually taken ill on November 21, 1928 and at first the official bulletins issued by Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson gave no cause for anxiety, but December 14, bis Majesty bad become stricken with pneumonia and pleuresy, and for weeks his life was in constant danger. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester, both of whom were abroad, hastened to their royal father’s bedside in a race against time which was made, successful by the joint assistance of three foreign countries, and this natural display of filial love sent a wave of sympaxiTy and admiration over the whole world. As many as ten specialists at once were in consultation, and they brought into use all the known aid of medical science —bacteriology. radiology. surgery, oxygen and electrotheraphy—in an endeavour to sustain the life of the central figure in the constitution of the Umpire. How the prayers of all denominations, creeds, classes and colours were answered, how the doctors defeated Death, how her Majesty the Queen helped to bring hei loved husband from convalescence to health at the sunkissed shores of ifognor, and how King George made his thanksgiving to the King of Kings on a day of world-wide rejoicing, is now history, and history, as of yore, has repeated itself. Our King has seen twenty-five years as head of the great fSmjily of England, and wo recall with pride and pleasure his world broadcasts on the occasion of his jubilee and at Christmas time. His intense love for Til - country, and his interest in the well-being of his people have always been uppermost with him, and we, his Joyyl and admiring subjects can only hope for better news—May his Majesty George 1 , by the grace of God, of Great Britain, "Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith' and Emperor of. India, reign over us longer yet. THU HOUTICILTL’HAL SOCIETY. 1 o-morrow afternoon a meeting will be held in Pallia,tua to re-organise the local Horticultural Society’s annual flower show which, along with other kindred societies’ fixtures, had to be abandoned last year owing to the dearth of flowers, caused by the unfavourable weather The Horticultural Society is a body deserving of public support, for it plays a great part in encouraging, the growth of flowers, and it is from the flower garden that we derive much pleasure and inspiration. We trust that tlie society will be started off again tomorrow with renewed vigour, and be thus enabled to stage another showfixture, which will bo the forerunner of many others.