Tonsilitis

Traffic Must Proceed

Quietly.

Horns Must Not Be

Sounded.

So ran a sign set up in the middle of the busiest street in Nelson, New Zealand, last week, while Her Royal Highness Elizabeth, Duchess of York, was sick abed in her hotel recovering from an attack of tonsilitis. Meanwhile a pageant of 50,000 loyal New Zealanders passed in gala review before the Duke of York, second son of the King-Emperor, now en route to Australia (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.).