FINAL STAGES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1939, Page 7

FINAL STAGES

ROYAL TOUR OF CANADA SECRET SERVICE REPORT ON U.S.A. VISIT. “NO ONE SEEMED TO WANT TO DO THEM ANY HARM. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. ST. JOHN, (New Brunswick), June 13. . Considerable interest Ims been aroused among tin 1 entourage of their Majesties, who arrived here today, by a report from Washington to the effect that Mr Frank Wilson. chief of the American Secret Service, stressed that a feature of their Majesties visit to the I’nited States .was that “iiq, one seemed to want to do them any harm.” lie added that not only were no arrests made but also crime seemed to diminish noticeably during the visit.

The point which their Majesties visited were carefully mapped long before they arrived, and President Roosevelt personally guided the secret service agents on his Hyde Park estate, pointing out vantage points for the guards. Their Majesties were greeted at Fredericton by the Mahoney quadruplets —three girls and a boy, aged 15, who is on crutches. He explained to the King that he had broken his leg playing football 1 . His Majesty commented. “That’s annoying!” Eight thousand other children sang and cheered their Majesties during half an hour of welcoming ceremonies Their Majesties spent the greater part of the time chatting with war veterans. They rejoined the train at Fredericton after their motor ride. The Royal couple concluded the tour of New Brunswick with a 40minute stay at Moncton, where the enthusiasm of the welcoming crowd of 8000 children and 25,000 adults brought the comment from one member of the Royal party that few places in Canada exceeded Moncton in the vivacity of its greetings. The King and Queen appeared fresh despite the day’s long journey. The Royal train, after leaving Moncton, was switched on to a siding, where it will remain for the night preliminary to the Royal parture for Cape Tormentine by a destroyer for Prince Edward Island tomorrow. SEA PASSAGE DEPARTURE FOR PRINCE EtiWARD ISLAND. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) CAPE TORMENTINE (New Brunswick). June 14. The normal population of this community is 500, but 10,000 people lined the tracks to view their Majesties as their train pulled x slowly to the docks. Rain was falling heavily, but their Maj • esties and the crowd were oblivious to it. The King appeared tired, but the Queen was fresh. Both waved continuously. They boarded the destroyer Skeena and headed towards Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island.