EARLIER ACTIVITIES

Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1947, Page 5

EARLIER ACTIVITIES

Poccived Suuday 7.30 p.m. LOXDON, Feb. 2?,. Tlio Royal truiu t^velled 'tlirougli aiilin-ssivu tiioiiuiiiiii .see.nery on iis 1-V ,.„ut ruii to (ioorge, -30 niih's f.-on: I'apetowii, reports Reuter's spoc.ial -or responlent. The Royal Family will spend tomorrow thei'e. It AV'ill, be an pll day a.s their Majesties have asked for privacy. They will at.Lpud a private opou air service conducte.d by the llishop of (leorgc. At ciglu halts bctweoii "\Vorcesfer' and (leorgc for the eugiues to take in water, crowds of " plattelanders " 1 Tunnel s from cemote places), some of whom motored 3P0 miles, saw thp lioviil visitors th rough Ihe train windows. The Queen waved to them. .Motorists, where the line ran alongside ihe roadside, drove abreast of the train, waving und cheering. The Queen and Rrincess -Eliz;tbeth • took movie shols of the wonderful views from the train windows. The Nationalist opposition news}>aper, Dieburger, which Air. Alalan once rnlited, declared that the Crown's jire.-.tige in Mouth Africa and Britain would 1 e increased by the King's return to his Hoineland in lier hour of need The Associated Press correspondent emphasises that this is the iirst adverse comment on ihe Royal tour. The Royal Family 's popularity is already hroadlv establislied. The In^lians, although some of their leaders exhoyted them 10 ignore the tour, have thus fnr shown no signs of boycott. A jiuinl-er of Capetou ti 's leading Indian nierchants attended the ball for uonFuropeans.