The Archive · 1938

Their Majesties Tour

London, May 4.

The King and Queen, after their inspection of the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow yesterday, began a tour of industrial centres, which was. continued today.

They visited yesterday the enter prises of the Scottish Industrial Estates Lid,, near Glasgow and called the Unemployed Men's Club.

'AN present 29 factories have been built on the estates at Hillington and Paisly, which are occupied by firms giving employment in a variety of Tight' industries, Thirty-two more sites have been allocated to the firms, whose buildings were seen by Their Majesties in various stages of con-

The original site was 320 acres but the demand has been so encouraging that the development of 25 more acres has been begun and a still larger addition is proposed. The company is limited by guarantee and, having no share capital and giving no remuneration to. its directors, financed by a Joan from the Special Areas fund, At Paisly the King and Queen we-joined the Royal train. in which they spent the night.

'This morning they began a seven hours' motor tour of the industrial districts, in each of which the Royal visit was awaited with intense me terest by the entire population—Wireless through Reuter.

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