GOOD-BYE TO DUKE OF GLOUCESTER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19862, 27 July 1934, Page 9

GOOD-BYE TO DUKE OF GLOUCESTER

WORK OF ROYAL FAMILY PRAISED United Press Association —Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 26, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON. July 25. The ribbons and medals worn by many of the best known public men in parliamentary, military and naval spheres, made a brilliant scene at a dinner given at the Savoy by Mr S. M. Bruce (High Commissioner for Australia), in honour of the Duke of Gloucester. Mr Bruce expressed the company’s best wishes for the Duke’s mission, which was another instance of the service that the Royal Family was prepared to render the British people. He said he wondered if the Duke of Gloucester realised how great was the burden of responsibility that his family carried. “The day that the monarchy goes, the British Empire falls apart,” said Mr Bruce. The Duke, in replying, said it was most fitting to make such anniversaries as the Centenary of Melbourne an occasion for celebrating the memory of the pioneers of the Empire, to whom primarily was due the honour and credit for the Empire’s extent. The Duke expressed sympathy with the Australian cricketers, because they were deprived of a win at Leeds by the weather. He added that all hoped their luck would change, and that in the last and deciding Test no outrageous piece of fortune would prevent the better side from holding the Ashes.

BRILLIANT GATHERING IN LONDON