HAIL & FAREWELL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1939, Page 5

HAIL & FAREWELL

ROYAL TOUR OF CANADA NEARLY OVER BUSY F-INAL DAY THE HALIFAX PROGRAMME. BROADCAST BY KING & QUEEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright HALIFAX, June 15. While their Majesties passed their last night in Canada sleeping in the Royal train on a siding GO miles fronr here, near the town of Truro, Nova. Scotia- nearly 100,000 Nova Scotians gathered in Halifax to lift their voices in hail and farewell to their Majesties tomorrow. Ceremony will be packed heavily int< the 71 hours their Majesties are spend ing here, but the general public wil have a share also. Drives through th< streets massed with people will giv< the public a chance for as many a: five glimpses as the Royal couple rid< back and forth to various functions. The programme includes a Govern ment reception at the Province build ing, a civic reception at the city hall a Government luncheon at a hotel where their Majesties will broadcast ; farewell at Government House and de parture aboard the liner Empress o Britain at 7 p.m. REFRESHED BY TOUR IN SPITE OF NATURAL FATIGUE. ' SOME OF THEIR MAJESTIES’ IMPRESSIONS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 14. Some impressions of their tour were given today to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Mackenzie King, by their Majesties at a fare- 1 well dinner party on the Royal train, when their Majesties made it known that, though at the time they felt a natural fatigue, they actually were in better health and spirits than when they first arrived in Canada. The spontaneous welcome receive) on all sides has greatly pleased them They noticed that, while facing diffi cutties, the people of Canada and thUnited States are showing toward thei fellow-citizens and neighbours a spiri of goodwill which is very heartening

MINOR TRAGEDIES COLLAPSE OF SERVING TABLE AT HYDE PARK. MRS ROOSEVELT’S REVELATIONS. NEW YORK, June 14. Could anything.be more embarrassing when entertaining Royalty than to have the serving table collapse, strewing food and broken china about the feet of the guests? The answer is “No.” according to Mrs Roosevelt, who reveals in a sydnicated column. My Day,” that this catastrophe occurred at Hyde Park on Sunday while their Majesties were dining at the President’s home. Later in the evening, she relates, a servant was carrying a tray of glasses, water, and ginger ale bottles when he slipped and fell on the library floor, spilling and breaking everything. She comments: “On each occasion their Majesties remained completely calm and undisturbed. Perhaps the most personal impression which remains with me is the never-failing thoughtfulness and graciousness of our guests.”