Melville, June 4.
King George and Queen Elizabeth today attended a humble service in the United Church of the small town Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba, where they briefly interrupted their rail trip across Western Canada.
The church, which is not of the orthodox Church of England, groups together Protestants of various sects who assemble in one church for the sake of economy.
The monarchs' whole trip across Western Canada is in the nature of a triumphal voyage, for large demonstrations are organized in all the small towns where their train stops.
Situated in sparsely-populated territory, these towns are relatively barren of people. But as many as 30,000 and 40,000 Canadians have gathered in some 40 of these places to the sovereigns.
Many of the demonstrators were immigrants who arrived in Canada only recently. Most of the people had to travel long ways to be able to see the King and Queen.—Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.