KING GEORGE.
CONDITION SATISFACTORY.
London, Nov. 2
A bulletin reports that the King passed a better night. There is no fever. Although the effects of the accident are slowly passing, His Majesty will be for some time longer confined to his bed. In order to dispel untruthful rumours, the following statement has been authorised : “His horse fell upon the King, pinning him down and causing severe injury and shock, without breaking any bones. The trouble was accentuated by the King being conveyed in a motor car for a considerable distance in pouring rain,” A STIRRING INCIDENT. London, Nov. 2. A stirring incident occurred in the hospital train that was conveying his Majesty, who was lying helpless, but who was determined to personally invest Lance-Sergt. Brooks with the Victoria Cross. The soldier knelt on the tioor, and bent over the prostrate monarch, < but even so the King had overrated his own strength, and was unable to force the pin through the thick khaki cloth ; so he had to be aided. The King had a rough crossing in the hospital ship Anglia, but , was less fatigued than was expected. SYMPATHY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, Nov. 2. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr Asquith, in the name of the whole House, expressed sympathy with the King. He was glad to say that His Majesty was once more on British soil, and going on as well as could possibly be expected. The occasion was one of which the House ought to take advantage to express admiration at the manner in which the King had always discharged his peculiarly responsible duties.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1468, 4 November 1915, Page 2
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271KING GEORGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1468, 4 November 1915, Page 2
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