ROYAL TOUR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1489, 11 July 1912, Page 5

ROYAL TOUR.

KING VISITS AN ANCIENT RUIN, I "■ ' !•' ' £y Teleiraph—Press Association—Copyright v., London, July 9. On Monday evening their Majesties the King and Queen,- whilst travelling from Doncaster' to Sir Charles "Wcnbvorth-Titz-Tvilliam's Estate; at Oakham,.'stopped for tea with Lord Yarliorough. .' . .. . At Com'sbrough) Castto, four-tmlesfout of Dnhcaster, seven thousand minors lined the route to • tho ruins. ■■ l'he King asc^hdcd'tho high Norman keep , and towed i/i the crowd from its crown. KING DESCENDS A MINE. ■ (R«c. July 10, 11.40 p.m.) ■ v ; • . London, July 10. During tho visit of tlio King and Queen lo Yorkshire; at their Majesties' request ' there ■ aire no addresses, no bouquets, ahd as little ceremonial as possible, as the Km? and Queen desire,,to;.see how tlieir subjects live and work. Tho tour of tho mining villages has already covered forty,miles. Tho Union Jack is flying at nearly ©very ' pit .shaft, »nd everywhere there is tho utmost loyblty and enthusiasm. : The • King's visit to the Elsecat mine is tho first instance of a British monarch ■ descending a colliery. The Kiiig was lowlered, 850 yards in 59 seconds, and proceeded, half a mile underground. ' Borrowing ti pick he'hewed a quantity of coal, keeping pieces as a memento. His Majesty was' below for forty < minutes. . CJonisbrough' Castle was built in the twelfth .century, . and is celebrated in ißoott's "Ivanhoe." . '