KING’S RESTFUL NIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 9

KING’S RESTFUL NIGHT

CONDITION UNCHANGED SPECIAL MILK FROM HOLLAND QUEEN’S COLD NOW BETTER (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 6.50 a.m. LONDON, To-day. The King had a restfLil night. His condition is unchanged. The Queen's cold is better, but she remains in her rooms. An official later message said the King had a quiet, uneventful, but slowly-improving day. Lord Dawson, of Penn, and Sir Hugh Rigby were 90 minutes in consultation with Sir Stanley Hewett at the Palace to-day. Though there was no bulletin, it is authoritatively learned that the King had a restful night. Also, it is authoritatively learned that the Queen’s cold is better but that she is keeping to her rooms for a day or two, purely as a precautionary measure. Dr. Geoffrey Hett was called in yesterday to attend to the Queen. He also visited the Palace this morning and saw the Queen for half an hour. Dr. Hett is a leading authority on diseases of the ear, nose and throat. The usual divine service at the Buckingham Palace chapel was not held, owing to the Queen’s indisposition. Some milk brought by air from Holland for his Majesty is a special preparation, namely, acidophilus milk. It is manufactured solely in Amsterdam. It resembles so-called “yonghore” sour milk prepared for weak digestions, but its bacteria fulfils different functions. The Rome newspaper “Tribuna” suggests that King George may convalesce at the Duchess of Leeds’s Selva Dolce castle at San Remo. The Indians present at a meeting of the Punjab Association in Regent Street prayed for his Majesty's recovery and stood in silence for two minutes. EIGHT WEEKS ILL Some estimate of the severity of the King’s illness may be formed when it is realised that this is the eighth weekend of its existence. Throughput the whole period the eminent doctors in attendance have been confronted daily by problems of the utmost gravity and difficulty. Doubtful, however, as the issue remains the past week was the best so far. The lung trouble has ceased to be a serious factor, and the main difficulty now is to rally the King from his extreme weakness. Nothing could be worse than the weather of the past three weeks. The fact that the King has made even slight pi-ogress, in spite of the weather, justifies the hope that his recovery will be more rapid with a return of warmer winds. There can be no doubt that the achievement in saving the King’s life is an immense credit to his doctors and nurses.