21 GUNS
Queen's Sixty-Second Birthday SALUTE FROM WARSHIPS A Royal salute of 21 guns was fired from tlie Waitemata Harbour at noon today on the occasion of the celebration of Queen Mary’s 62nd birthday. H.M.S. Diomede, which is anchored in the stream, opened, and waj followed a few seconds later by the salute from the Naval Base at Devonport. Twenty-one guns were also fired from the fort at North Head. The Queen’s birthday fell yesterday. ! but the day being Sunday there were few public observances. The war ships of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, however, which were in port at Auckland, were dressed for the occasion. His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral. Sir Charles Fergusson. has dispatched the following message to the Queen on the occasion of her Majesty’s birthday: “The Government and people of this Dominion join with me in tendering to your Majesty i respectful congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of your Majesty’s birthday.”
Queen Mary was born at Kensington Palace on May 26. 1867, the only daughter and eldest child of the Duke of Teck. The princess was baptised Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, and was known in the home circle, which included three brothers, as May. In IS9I she was betrothed to the Duke of Clarence, who, after his father, the Prince of Wales, was heir to the throne. He died, however, on January 14, 1892, and on May 3, 1893, the engagement of Princess Mary to the then Duke of York was announced. The marriage was celebrated on July 6, 1893. A tour of the Empire was made by the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901, and in 1906-7 they visited India. On May 6, 1910, George became King, and on June 22, 1911, Mary was crowned with him as Queen Consort in Westminster Abbey.
Queen Mary has shown an interest in numerous philanthropic undertakings, and during the war was indefatigable in her efforts to alleviate sorrow and distress, paying numerous visits to hospitals, and helping the wounded in other ways.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 673, 27 May 1929, Page 1
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