Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 16, 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday june 16, 1939 nine Loyal cheers and fond wishes follow King and Queen Revoir their majesties say Farewell. Sweet Sorro on Broad Atlantic Empress speeds their majesties eastward Home aboard . Empress of Britain june 16. The King and Queen toward Newfoundland for the last Stop of their North american tour this great White liner ploughed through the Atlantic at a Speed of 24 knots thursday night to allow plenty of time for them to arrive in St. John s on schedule saturday morning. After leaving Halifax at 6.32 . E.d.t., and dropping the Pilot less than two hours later the ship slowed Down for a time to allow their majesties to see a great Bonfire which cast a weird Light Over the Nova Scotia coast. Their majesties had a Light and retired not Long the Queen who had changed from if my Xvi o sift i Royal yacht Reward King Queen thank scribes in person Halifax june 16. Farewell to the 55 reporters who have covered the tour of the King and Queen through Canada and into the United states their majesties thursday night met the correspondents on Board the liner Empress of Britain Shock hands with each of them and thanked them for their efforts. A jo., a. I about the country so Quick Ray. You the King asked been Many of the 49 newspapermen and six girl reporters who met them at Quebec and have been with them since. Most of them answered they historic tour ends on note of sadness Halifax june 16. Parted sadly with its King and Queen thursday night As they turned. Their faces toward Home across the sea at the end of a history Book tour of triumphs through the Dominion and the United states. A country steeped in affection for i the Blue ensemble she wore in Halir fax. Was dressed in Pink Georgette. Her majesty chatted for a while after dinner. The liner seemed huge after the comparatively narrow confines of the Royal majesties Palace while on tour. Tic Royal party two newspapermen and an official photographer were the Only passengers on a ship which carries Halifax june 16. Eng More than 1.000 comfortably. Lisle Oak grown from an Acorn last fond look which came from Windsor Castle for More than an hour after they left Halifax and its rousing Send off their majesties stood on the Bridge Empress of Britain carries King and Queen Home. Tree replanted example Eorge Premier stresses we be been and still have had to write your articles. I really think you be had a harder than we then turning to look Over the group he said thank you so weren to but one girl reporter Saidi much Well remember you All with later Why i told a lie to the w. S. Thompson chairman 01 the i m tired As can of. Pres the inter. The Queen was gracious to All. Departmental committee on the she went Down the line shaking hands with everyone first the King a step behind her. Why i remember seeing you in she said to one Canadian press reporter. It s perfectly amazing How you get the King was in a Happy mood. When a reporter asked him Are Royal visit was presented with autographed photographs of their majesties. The King and Queen also presented him with a set of cuff links engraved with the Royal cipher. Badgley. Director of the Canadian motion picture Bureau in charge of All photographers on he Royal visit presented with icing George and his gracious Consort Elizabeth bade them a regretful godspeed through the lips of 150.000 roaring subjects As they sailed away to make a new Conquest o Newfoundland on the Way to the Homeland. Their month s stay on the North. American Mainland ended at 6.32 . 2.d.t. As the White liner pm press of Britain eased out into Hali fax Harbor and headed Down with its Royal upon for a last fond look at Canada. The liner was outside the three-1 mile limit and out of Canadian Waters at 8.10 . As the escorting Canadian destroyers left. The King planted in Halifax s famed j Public gardens thursday by King George. It had been planted in Point pleasant Nark on the Day of his Coronation. Now grown to a height sent a personal message of thanks four feet it was decided for the escort and bade the sea Good Bye and Good Hick 1 to replant it in the gardens pos ing flags and photographs of them selves and lined along every Inch of the Royal route with men women and children. Flying Side by Side j the Harbor by the cruisers Glasgow he took a Spade from a Workman with the Union Jack was the Flag land Southampton my the two Cana i smiling the while and cast four the Empress was escorted Down Sibl a the Kirg s own hand. Of Nova Scotia the Only Canadian Dian destroyers. She province which can Fly its Standard with Royal authority. Be a. Shove Fuls of Earth around the tree. Own companies to Newfoundland and j darn Good shove Fuls they were j England by the two cruisers which i too said the Workman later. Hospitals were visited and wan j escorted the Royal party when they passed through th3 faces brightened at an for Canada More than a main gate5. Hall who had been us word or two from one or another j month ago on the Empress of Atis-1 to moaning the King turned to of the Royal Citadel guests. They went Toj -ra.ia. Solid Cliffside of sound rolled out from the Shore in the Wake of the great ship caught up with it and echoed across the Harbor s Placid Waters. Deafening acclaim it came from a Block human Ity massed around the More than double the Normal popu lation of this old seaport of the King and Queen in their Auto Mobile had driven through the throng an hour before to the deaf ening acclaim of such a concourse As Halifax never before heard. About their last act on the soil of this Dominion was to Exchange fare Wells with great War veterans who crowded into the pier s big shed. The veterans All but burst their Way through guards of police in their eagerness to get near their Majes ties and the Royal visitors loved it. They stopped to mingle with the veterans before walking away to the Royal Given to sir William Alexander to colonize by Charles i. Ancestor of the Monarch who looked on. Replant Oak a stroll through the City s Beautiful Public gardens in which the King and Queen met the eight months old Salterio triplets and re planted an Oak placed in the soil the Day of the unscheduled events preceded their arrival at government House for a Farewell Tea with lieutenant governor Robert Irwin. All about the Grey Stone building crowds teemed while they awaited the reappearance of their majesties for the last Short trip Down to the wharf. The people surged along behind them As the car made its Way toward the waterfront for the leave taking. It took something More than an hour before the Empress swung Charier Bestowal re enacted Halifax june 1g. Cps George and Quern Elizabeth went Halifax june 16. Royal visit to Canada and the United states has shown the Power of Goodwill in furthering International relations prime minister Mackenzie King said thursday night at a luncheon attended by newspapermen associated with covering the Royal tour. We have All had the Opportunity to see the part played by the Crown in the affairs of British commune or. Mackenzie King said. The function of the Crown in British communities he continued was its faculty of bringing together All you tired he replied no but a ? you look All tagged out old Chap. Luj did re. I la Wager you re glad we re to gift to walk in front of a taxi which knocked him an English Newspaperman be off with a bruised is going to Newfoundland said leg. In other presentations. Major a. B. Macdonald of Camp Borden Good Bye because he d see her Ati int. Militia transportation officer St. John s. _ for the tour received a Silver Cigar ill be glad to see Trejette Box bearing the Royal cipher Queen said. It will be pleasant 101 and Paul Tasse. Barber on the Royal Good Bye to the Queen and then added it probably would t be Alderman Mackay and said i m telling you he knows plenty about Flowers. Why he asked questions about those Rhodo m Dendron than i could j Mackay said his majesty had been charmed with the gardens. Wanted to the King had expressed Surprise that tiie Oak had grown to such a height since it first was planted. Mackay said. I had quite a time convincing him that it actually King flagging by with Pride qualified by the Strain upon their endurance imposed by such a pro longed and by so Many moving incidents must have been severe. But there is Good reason to be Lieve they have not Only enjoyed their wonderful experiences but Are All the better in health by reason of them. They should be sustained too by the reflection that their Effort has achieved something which will live and act and serve the future hour parts of the Community above party class race or Creed. In the King and Queen we have seen two Young people who hold the unique position of embodying the ideals of Home family and state respond to those things in our own makeup which we cherish and Hope to see no filler epilogue London june 16. Daily Telegraph conservative today said there could be no fitter London june 16. Up Cable Logue to the Royal visit to Canada British listeners Early thursday and the United states than the i night heard clearly the broadcast speeches of the King and Queen at heard in England to the theatre thursday of their Nova Colian sub jets. The huge natural amphitheatre o Halifax s Citadel Hill became a Royal theatre As tic King and Queen watched reenactment of the bestowing of Nova Scotia s Royal charter by Charles i 314 years ago. Upwards of school children from Halifax and other Nova Scotia Farewell speeches of the King and at Halifax thursday. Here at Home Public interest followed the Royal Progress in have a face we be seen through train go Many Miles of Canada with us on the the Queen had a special smile for the newspaper women. They All curtsied As Well As their tired joints would permit. My heart Wasj right in my one girl re a Stickpin. Rings Porter said a minute after the Halifax june 1c. A. I Taylor a former Yeoman of signals Queen passed by. Her majesty heard the remark looked Back and laughed heartily. There were no introductions. The King and Queen called a few of name and they seemed to at the Royal Nova Scotia them All by their appearance. I yacht Squadron wig wagged a Sig the Royal couple had thankful to the Royal yacht As she steam and encouraging words for ail gracefully Cut of Halifax Harbor reporters. Both looked fit and Thel Moicay and received an answer King seemed very much at ease. Tiie Royal liner chatted with everyone seemed Ini from a Vantage Point at the yacht no hurry to get along and was breakwater Taylor Sig free with the newspapermen than nailed he was when he met them Ini to their gracious majesties Ottawa May 19. Sorry to leave we re sorry to leave told Canadian press As a Royal Salute barked j away from the Dock. During that time when the ro3 Al visitors weren t being cheered As they stood on the Bridge there came United chants want the out from the guns of tall Citadel Hill. The crash of the Cannon signalled not Only the end of a vivid chapter from those ashore we in Canadian history but for and fax the end of perhaps the greatest at the last As the Royal yacht Day in its Long history. For More than seven hours. Halifax had Tho King and Queen to itself and Hali fax Savoured its cup of enjoyment to the last drop. Canada generally and the rest of the Empire were let in on the events at first hand for a few min utes . That was when the Kirs and Queen broadcast their Farewell of the Dominion through the Cana Dian broadcasting corporation net work and Over an Empire Hookup. Both diverged briefly into French during their addresses the Queen wound up her speech with a Devoir it leu Vous Benisse Good Bye for new and god bless you on this last Day in the Dominion their majesties were followed about the City by Roar on Roar of Thunder Ous Welcome from the moment their slowly lumbered away into the Stream they were standing beside the Bridge waving and smiling a Farewell. Ithe strains of Auld Lang syne and god save the King rolled out Over the water. The Empress conveyed by two Canadian destroyers and the Brit ish cruisers Glasgow Southampton headed up the Harbor to the shrieking of sirens and whistles the singing of a massed choir and a Royal Salute fired from the decks j of the yacht Chauve Souris Flag i ship of the Hoyal Nova Scotia yacht Squadron. J Canadian furs Ueen Points along with thousands of adults made a sea of faces stretch ing to the Skyline. A replica of Edinburgh Castle storied Home of the Stuart Kings formed the stage on which the pageant was presented. As the King and Queen left the dais following the performance. Premier Angus l. Macdonald called her majesty s attention to Earl Bailey Lunenburg . Painter without legs and hands who holds the Brush in his Teeth. But i imagine you re glad to Sec of Britain from r..y.s. Bon voyage and i godspeed he a few minutes later Taylor picked up the following from the Empress Halifax and also the cheers they the last of us. You Veall done their majesties thank the . Evoked from the immediate Audi tremendous splendidly and . For the Fine sendoff they once. J can t quite understand How you got have Given us and your Good wish. Halifax june 1c. The people of Canada prime minister Mackenzie King presented Queen Elizabeth before her sailing with a twin Silver Fox stole trimmed with White Gold clasps it was announced thursday night. At the private presentation the prime minister also sent the Queen Mother Mary through Queen Eliza Beth an Arctic White stole. For the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose who stayed Home there were sets of Martin scarves and muffs. The Queen asked Bailey for his government officials did not say autograph. Which he wrote for her. From what parts of Canada the holding a Pencil in his Mouth. Does t he do it quickly she commented. Her majesty then gave Bailey her autograph. I had to coax he said afterwards. The Sun beat Down from a Clear furs came. Back to Montreal sky As the last Salute gleaming Empress of i Bill Ute. Glistening Palace on wheels rolled Britain passed the yacht Squadron the Blue Ensign Over the clubhouse was dipped in Salute to the Royal yacht and her precious passengers. Ithe Salute was immediately acknowledged As an answer Pennant Ato to station from Truro . Was rom up on the mainmast of the the time came to bid them. Empress. Mien. And waving they meanwhile from the decks of the acknowledged the cheers along Souris at the head of a of streets and at spots where Jong inc of Squadron boats a signal barked the 21-gun Royal Salute. A specially organized choir of hailed for functions. Ueer., dressed in her favorite curing the performance and Queen sat beneath a Blue Para sol part of the time. Both she and the King showed constant interest in the pageant. In three scenes the pageant depicted How sir William Alexander was responsible for the colonizing of new James i and later Charles i supporting him in the project. It was the latter who issued the province s Royal charter devised the cherished Nova Scotia coat of arms a reversed St. Andrew s Cross centred by rampant. Halifax june 16. Job As a Royal train completed the Blue and Silver Streamliner which car a ried the King and Queen across the continent and Back left Early today for Montreal with lord and lady Tweedsmuir and prime minister Mackenzie King aboard. The governor general and lady Tweedsmuir will leave the train at Quebec where they will remain at the Citadel until August. They will Anada embark on a tour of Western can lion or. Mackenzie King will Board train at Montreal for Ottawa. Charmed the crowds. The in. The dress uniform of an of the Fleet found Broad s ins in response to his infectious All along the route. Bear l p Ivell the Day before had been an sex Justin new Brunswick Prince Edward Island to the energetic couple up Well under the round of comes in sultry heat. The King worked . At the Start of the a seemed to draw added length Frorer. The spirit of the of. Talc a on or preliminary ceremonies the a Ion platform a formal ancient province the Day 15 min acted swell proud father presents triplets to King Queen waving Farewell Halifax june 16. And whew were the two were prime minister most frequently used by Arthur Salterio to describe the voices massed on the Squadron i breakwater Sang Gold save the King As the Empress trailed by about 65 Small Craft in full dress went past. She was preceded by the . Skeena and . Saguenay while immediately astern came . Southampton and j . Glasgow. Presentation of himself his wife and four children three of them eight month old to the King and Queen thursday. Slowly the Majestic liner made a some time after he presentation Muir. Standing on a platform projected out Over the water. Sweeping. Turn then gathering in Halifax s Beautiful Public Gard fact tiie Only piece of conversation momentum swept Down Harbor 10 ens yesterday afternoon Salterio Ward the capes thrusting out into j was still enthusiastic about the the Atlantic. Overhead droned a Squadron of Royal Canadian air after their arrival at 1105 panes first to Welcome the Premier Angus l. Macdonald Sovereign and his Consort to can emerged on be half of the province Ada and last to carry out Canada s an address of Welcome and Al Good Bye As they circled the ship handed him until to was away from land. Ancl the Kins an address. Pc the red carpeted Council Cham the c id courtroom where and won his government in 1 then received Uncial notables. Be unveiled sir Wyly father. George v a compensation Halifax june 16. And a half years in Hospital seems a Long time but to Little Marguerite Davis it had its compensations. The four year old Valleyfield. Fld. Child Larr i c Tio i in the old Parade j presented a bouquet to Queen Eliza City Hall followed both As their majesties drove by majesties were taken children s Hospital thursday. Y gusto Marguerite was lifted up by a Scotia lobster and baby nurse to present the red. White and Blue bouquet. The Little girl has been suffering from a dislocated hip. Grown in the province. The Thev drove a City bedecked with bunt King and Queen but relieved. He was kind of nervous before the meeting took place but their majesties soon put me at the reception was for the Benefit of the three tots who were Allun concerned and according to a proud father acted eight year of Jean Marie was to have been presented first and she in turn was to ask their majesties to accept a picture of the triplets but before Premier Angus l. Mac Donald had a Chance to introduce the girl the King and Queen had gone past them and looking into the Large decorated Carriage. Marian Ann. The second oldest of the triplets seized her majesty s thumb and held on to it during most of the conversation. Salterio could t remember the exact words their majesties used How old the children were How much they weighed at birth. He remembered about the incident i in always remember was Queen Elizabeth s remark when one of the triplets stuck a Flag in its Eye. It s quite painful you know her majesty said when the child began to whimper. When the King asked the father his children s names with Marie Elizabeth. He started when his majesty heard the name he looked at the Queen. Next was Marian Ann who grasped scr majesty s thumb and third Mary Louise who stuck the Flag in her own Eye. Before the interview was Over Premier Macdonald had presented Jean Marie and she had in turn presented the King and Queen with pictures of her baby Sisters which her majesty commented on and graciously accepted. It was before the icing and arrived that Salterio expressed his feelings with i lost 10 years o my once it Hap where they were born and when. In opened everything was All with a Lump in her Throat a scarcely perceptible pause greeted our King and Queen As they journeyed through this great Dominion. Each of us who saw their majesties for the first time contributed to that fractional silence. Very few of us saw our King and Queen for the first time without our inner selves responding to their human qualities and gracious understanding just before join ing in the spontaneous outburst of cheering we found a Lump in our throats that kept us silent it was Felt by every True Canadian. That feeling will always remain to remind us that we each have a part to play in the build ing of our great Empire. We take this Opportunity of paying Loyal tribute to their most Gra Cious majesties. Their visit has made us realize that we old canadians and Young canadians wherever our place of birth or origin Are part of a great Empire. Emphasizing the fact that in Unity there is strength and impressing upon us the All pull together for our Community our City our province our Dominion and our Empire. We take pardonable Pride in being chosen to Supply the milk Cream butter and ice Cream to the Royal train during the Western trip As their majesties visited Winnipeg on May 24th and their return on june 4th. These Heartfelt feelings Are expressed by the management and staff of the modern dairies limited ;