EMPIRE DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20783, 18 April 1939, Page 7

EMPIRE DAY

MESSAGE FROM KING PLANS FOR BROADCAST CLIMAX TO PROGRAMME

• United Pres* Assn.—Elec. TeL CopytlfM# LONDON, April 16 The King's Empire Day message will be broadcast from Winnipeg: oa May 24. His Majesty’s speech will provide the climax to a "Hound the Empire** programme which is being prepini by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This will be the only occasion duising the Canadian tour that & speech by the King will be relayed outside Canada. The Leader of the Labour Opposition. Mr C. R. Attlee, and Mrs Attlee, arc the guests of Their Majesties at Windsor Castle. THE ROYAL FAMILY PRINCESS O. OWING UP 13th BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK ATTENDANCE AT FUNCTIONS (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright)! LONDON. April 17 What is accepted as official recognition of the fact that Princess Elizabeth is growing up—she will be 13 oa April 2 1 - li her Brel pybHe fipw» ance in long stockings. Newspapers noted that the stockings were champagne-coloured. They also mentioned that her most recent frocks and coats were longer and that a well-tilted beret-style hat, with a gold brooch, replaced the elasticbanded halo bonnet which Princes* Margaret still wears. Other important concessions to Princess Elizabeth’s approaching ’teens Include her attendance at the Royal luncheon in honour of the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, her presence on such occasion being recorded for the first time in a Court circular, and her appointment a* patro/. of the York Children’s Hospital. The Sunday Dispatch says that plans have already been made for her debut in 1942. French newspapers are discussing possible husbands for her. mentioning Prince Gorin of Denmark, now 19; Prince Carl of Sweden, now 22; her cousin, the Earl of Mac Duff, now 25j and the Duke of Gloucester's nephew. Lord Dalkeith, heir to the Buccleuofc. dukedom, who Is 16. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS PREMIER AND AMBASSADOR SON OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT United Press Assn—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received April 18, 1 p.m.) LONDON, April 17 Mr and Mrs Neville Chamberlain and Mr and Mrs J. P. Kennedy this morning left Windsor Castle, where they had been guests of Their Majesties. Among others who arrived at the Castle yesterday was Mr James Roosevelt, son of the President of the United States.