Aboard The Empress of Britain, June 16.
The Royal liner left Canadian waters early today, homeward bound via Newfoundland, with a prospect of fair weather ahead. The King telegraphed his thanks to the Canadian destroyers, the Skeena and the Saquenay, which escorted the liner to the three-mile limit.
One hundred and ffüy thousand people called fare-wells as the Empress of Britain left the docks at Halifax, while at the end of the breakwater, a choir of 1,000 persons sang "Will Ye No Come Back Again" to Their Majesties across the blue waters.
One of the last telegrams received by the Royal couple was from Brigadier Foster, the Dominion Commander of the Canadian Legion, telling them that their visit "inspired in us a deeper sense of the unity of the peoples of the British Empire."
Tomorrow, they will land at Conception Bay, Newfoundland, for a brief visit of "Great Britain's oldest Colony.'
The liner will then head for England and the King and Queen will land at Southampton on Thursday afternoon, Shortly after their departure was announced, Mr. W. L. MacKenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, presented the Queen with a twin silver-fox stole with gold clasps on behalf of the Government and people of Canada, and also an arctic white-fox stole for Queen Mary and sets of marten scarves and muffs for the little Princesses, The Empress of Britain is maintaining a steady 24 knots, after a short period of slow speed to enable Their Majesties to see the huge bonfires bidding them a flaring farewell from the coast.—Reuter,
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