A SUNSHINE HOME

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16874, 11 February 1929, Page 7

A SUNSHINE HOME

HIS MAJESTY MOVED ARRIVAL AT BOGNOR CROWDS WITNESS PROGRESS. [Eloc. Tel. Copyright—United Press As&n., (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 9. Many thousands mi,side Buckingham Palace were utterly Bilent as the King left for Bognor. They could .see through the raised Minds of the ambulance His Majesty lying on a bed. As he passed through the Palace gate between seas of bareheaded people, the King rniseo his hand in salute. There, was a pause of a few minutes in which the silence was unbroken. Then the pent-up feeling was given full vent; As the Queen drove out. the crowd surged forward and gave a mighty eheer, waving hats, hands and handkerchiefs, A portion of the, crowd sang the National Anthem. The ambulance made its way slowly from the front of the Palace to Victoria street. The crowd had a Klimp.se of the King's pale, wan figure propped up in a narrow bed inside the ambulance. They could see the ravages his long struggle had wrought. Sir Stanley Mewett and Lord. Dawson had arrived'at 9 o'clock and examined His Majesty. Jusr before 10.3 C four St. John ambulance men took to .the bedroom a. special bed whereon, under the supervision of the Queen, .and the Dukes of York and Gloucester and Prince Oeorge, His -Maie-stv. , was carefully lifted. Slowly., and,.wjt. h extreme cave. lie was \arried down the .staircase.'to the garden entrance, where the ambulance was waiting, A platform had been erected from the level of tbo ambulance floor to the ton step and the bed was nuicklv slipped into position. Nurse P'irdie then stepped In arid the journey was begun. SIXTY MILES OF PEOPLE. His Majesty journeyed to his sunshine house through 60 nii'es of sympathetic' cheering people. Although the route had been kept secret, the news of the direction the procession was taking soon spread and every town and village was crowded along (he route, laborers in the fields running to the hedges to witness His Majesty's passage, until hundreds ol thousands must have seen the Royal progress. Everywhere there were similar scenes. The crowds, realising the greatness of the King's ordeal, were surprised to see His Majesty propped up and burst into continuous but subdued cheers and tho waving of handkerchiefs and flags. His Majesty rencatcdly waved his hand in response. The Queen was heartilv cheered, and reached Bognor in a hurst of sunshine. The King arrived at Craigwell House within three hours. Four St. John men earned His Majestv in a bed, success fully negotiating the difficult staircase, to a 'bedroom overlooking the Channel which' was glittering in the sunshine. Immediately the Royal Standard was broken from the mast over the House Lord Dnws<m and' Sir Stanley Hewett examined His Majesty, who is understo"d to have come through the journey well. An outstanding topic of the Kings removal from London mists to sunny Bognor is that, at any rate, the people are consoled, knowing that, if any sunshine is available, the King will get it. His Majesty's goitiff to the seaside was typically an English act, and appeals to the nation as the most natural thine in tlie world. It is what most people have done themselves after an illnesK S'vnetinie in their lives. His Maiesly. after a light, lunch on arrival, enjfved sound natural sleep for nearly four hours.