In a telegram to the Lord Mayor of London acknowledging his New Year's greetings, His Majesty the King says: deeply value the affectionate allusion to my restoration to health and to the Queen ard members of my family, I fervently join in the hope that God's "blessing, peace and general well-being may vouchsafed to the nations the world. May the New Year Inspire the people of our Empire with a solemn resolve to secure an increasing measure of prosperity. There are difficulties to overcome, but these 1 know will be faced with the courage and enter-rise traditional to the citizens of London."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.