ROYALTY HONOURED

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1933, Page 5

ROYALTY HONOURED

KING OF IRAQ

ENTERTAINMENT IN LONDON.

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, June 21

King Feisal made a State visit to the city to-day, where he was presented with an address of welcome by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London.

’Die King drove through crowded streets.in an open landau, accompanied bv the Duke of Gloucester, and meinber s of lus suite. The carriage was drawn by four horses without riders. A sovereign escort of Life Guards escorted the procession. The ceremony of presenting the address was followed by a luncheon.

The Lord Mayor, proposing King Ferial's health, said the close association between Britain and Iraq rested not only on the formal provisions of the Treaty, but upon firm friendship inspired by. mutual respect and identity of interests, formed in the war, and sustained and stregthcned in peace.

King Feisal replying made a gracious acknowledgement of the hospitality accorded to him and said the friendship between the. two countries was born out of common sacrifices and had been nourished by rapid developments in mutual interest. “My country has received much help in the past from Britain and looks conficbntly for further help in the future and I know sho will not look in vain. We need your help to develop the' vast resources of our country, and the city of London, the birthplace of so many merchant adventurers, has never failed to appreciate the opportunities open to enterprise in distant lands.”

Sir J. Simon gave a dinner to-night at the Foreign Office on behalf of the British Government, in honour of KinG Feisal. Prince George was among the distinguished guests.