THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 254, 7 August 1937, Page 7

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

CAR COLLIDES WITH TRAM. DENIAL OF BOOK STORY. LONDON, July 24. The car in which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were travelling collided* with a tram in Salzburg, Austria, to-day, and one of its mudguards was damaged, but the Duke and Duchess were able to continue-., thrift, journey. They were cheered by citizens. The Lord Provost of Aberdeen (Mr Edward Watt) denies the suggestion in Mr Geoffrey Dennis’s book,; ‘‘Coronation Commentary,” that at .the last moment the Duke of-Windsor sent the Duke and Duchess of York to open the Aberdeen Infirmary, while lie; drove from Balmoral to meet- a “gay. party of transatlantics.• 1-. 1 The Lord Provost said lie had been told months earlier that:-the Duke of Windsor would not perform the cere-, mony, owing to Court mourning, but was so interested that he would depute the Duke of York. ' i “Mrs Simpson was arriving at Aberdeen the same day,” he -said, “a meie coincidence.” VISIT TO VENICE. MOTOR TOUR IN ITALY. VENICE, July 29. Thousands of people crowded the railway station in Venice to-day to welcome the Duke and Duchess, of Windsor on their arrival from Austria. The visitors are staying in a modest hotel suite of three rooms overlooking the Lido. The hotel was besieged with demands for rooms when it was leat ned that the Duke and Duchess would put up there. The ever-present police guard nacl .o be reinforced by Fascist militia. The Duke brought his own car from Austria, and he intends to drive through Italy. He lias also rented a launch for the Lido and foi slioit voyages in tlie Adriatic. Special functions in honour of the Duke and Duchess probably will be arranged at the week-end.