Rumours Belied

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 49, 13 March 1937, Page 5

Rumours Belied

-Piesa Assn.-

KING IN BEST OF HEALTH Duties Carried Out Tirelessly MORE PARTIES PLANNED

(By Telegraph-

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(Received 13, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 12. Veiled suggestions regarding the King's health, circulated from irresponsihle sources, perhaps with an invidious motive, but which have now ceased, would seeon to have their hasdessness completely confirmed by the strenuousness of His Majesty's activities. It is generally recognised that these stories have no foundation in fact, but His Majesty lately has Utterly disproved them himself by undertbking a round of daily engagements which might have taxed even his predecessors, Apparently tireless, King George's daily official engagement list involves sometimes six or seven audiences, irrespective of ixxfoimal daily conferences with officials, with an endless routin© of signing papers, and, apart from engagements like yesterday 's Buckingham Palace party to the Diplomatic Gorps, he haa now arranged a series of dinner parties at the Palace, twO of which are on March 15 and 17, besides vigorous outdoor pursuits. The Australian. Associated Press understands that the King at recent shooting parties walked miles, tiring out other members of the party, in addition to which he has been playing vigorous tennis. His Coronation programme will necessitate almost daily and nightly functions and a cerlain amount of travelling, but there appears to be no diminution in his engagements before the Coronation weeks, which will occupy him practically to the end of July.