Infection Gone

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 9

Infection Gone

KING NOW SUFFERING ONLY WEAKNESS THREE MONTHS BY SEA (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 10 a.m. LONDON, Friday. A bulletin issued to-day states that the improvement in his Majesty’s condition noted in the last bulletin continues. A bacteriological examination shows that the right side of the chest is now free of the infecting organism. The bulletin is signed by Sir Hugh Righv, Mr. L. E. Whitby and Lord Dawson. Sir Stanley Hewett did not. sign it owing to his being absent from the consultation. He is suffering from a cold. The opinion is expressed in Palace circles that the fact that infection in the King’s chest has disappeared is one of the most 1-ea.ssurmg signs yet noted. It means that the King is suffering only from weakness, and that there will no longer be any trouble owing to infection. It is consequently hoped that his improvement will he steady. According to a British Official Wireless message, this news has increased the optimism which has been growing in Palace circles since the issue of the last bulletin at noon ou Tuesday, | in which the doctors recorded their belief that the sea air would be good for his Majesty. To-day’s bulletin gives rise to the hope that the date of the King’s departure for Bognor will be settled within the next few days. It Is understood at Bognor that the King will remain at Craigweil House at least until after Easter. Craigweil House has been rented for the King for three months. The length of his stay will depend to a large extent on the progress the King makes while he is at the seaside. No bulletin regarding the King’s health was issued this evening. AUSTRALIANS’ MESSAGE At the Australia Day service at St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, the rector, the Rev. Arthur West, read a telegram which had been sent to the Queen on behalf of the congregation, recording its gratitude to God for the King’s returning strength. At the end of the service he read her Majesty’s reply: “The Queen gratefully appreciates your loyal and kind message and deep sympathy in the King’s illness. Her Majesty is touched by the fervent good wishes expressed for the King’s continued progress, and offers one and ail her warm thanks.”