OVER RODE DOCTORS ADVICE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13162, 21 January 1936, Page 5

OVER RODE DOCTORS ADVICE.

DUTY TO HIS PEOPLE. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON. January 20. The weight of medical opinion is that the King overtaxed himself in the nation’s service, says the Mirror If the King was simply a rich man he would have spent the last five or six winters out of England. No doubt the Royal physicians thus advised him, but. his Majesty overrode the doctors because he realised the country was passing through troubles in which wise mediating influence would make all the difference. A doc-toi told an interviewer: “When 1 listened to the King's broadcast on C hristmas Day, I knew his was the voice of a chronic bronchitic subject. 1 was horrified that he had risked the English climate when such symptoms were apparent even to a practitioner who never examined him.” BEGAN CHRISTMAS DAY. The Express says: “One in close touch with the King traces his illness to Christmas Day. The King, after the broadcast, was unable to participate in the festivities, anil remained in his room throughout the holiday. No word concerning liis indisposition was allowed to mar the family* s enjoyment. “His health did not cause any further uneasiness until January 12th when members of the Royal family in the same pew at the morning service had occasion for anxiety. The King (refused to rest at ter lunch insisted oil inspecting the horses at Sandringham farm, after which he was exhausted.” BULLETIN CREATES ALARM. L Received 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. The bulletin at 5.30 which stated that the “King's condition shows diminishing strength” was signed by l>rs. Williams, Hewett and Dawson . Coming at the end of an anxious day, it created considerable alarm, as it was the most serious since January 17 and is that the doctors’ fear his Majesty’s reserve of strength is being taxed.