THE PRINCE'S TOUR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 5

THE PRINCE'S TOUR

RECEPTION AT WEST INDIES SCATHING REFERENCE TO SUGGESTED SALE By Tolegrnph-Press Association-Copyright Colon, April 1. Many Ijarbadian officers and war veterans wore presorted * to the Prince at a garden .party in the afternoon. At the Stlito dinner at Government House the Prin<;c, in n speech, referred scathingly to the proposal that the West Indies should bo sold to pay a portion of the British external war deht, "It should be known," he said, "that the rCinjr's subjects are not for sale to other Governments, As free men their future is in their own hands." The reference was tumultuous])' acclaimed. A brilliant hall was Riven by.the Barbadian public in the House of Assembly, nt which five hundred persons .were present. The Prince danced continuously, with the Barbadian girls, with evident enjoyment. An old veteran. • observed: "Tin's day is the greatest in the history of Barbados. The impression made by the Prince-will never be forgotten by those privileged to meet him." The Renown left at davbreak on March 27 for Colon.-Aus.-N.JS. Cable Assn. PASSAGE TIIROWPANAJA CANAL LAJiGE 'ROCK" DISCOVERED IN THE CHANNEL. v (Rec. April 1, 5.5 p,m.) Panama, March 31. After a fair weather run, from Barbados, escorted by the Calcutta,' the Renown, reached the coast. Salutes were exchanged with Colon. The Resident' British Minister accompanied the President nf the Panama Republic on board the Renown, and they were received by the Prince of Wales on'the ' quarterdeck. Colonel Chester Harding, Governor of the Canal zone, explained all the working operations to the Prince. Shipping was held up to allow the Renown to pass, A squadron of American airplanes flew overhead. Just before the Renown entered Culebv-i Cut—now officially named Gaillard Cut, after _the engineer who planned, the. work—it Was reported that a large rock' had been located in the bottom of the channel opposite Culcbra village. It wag found that there was only twenty feet of water over the obstruction. ' The work of Temoval was commenced immediately.' Eventually divers .shattered the rook with , explosives, and' moving slowly the Renown passed over the spot safely, after a delay nf three hours. It is considered that the 'rock ,1 was squeezed up into the channel by the j pressure of surrounding' Took formations.— Aus.-N.Z; Cable Assn. RENOWN'S PROPELLER DAMAGED. Panama, April 2. The Prince of Wales lias sailed for San Die?o. The. Renown's starboard proocller was damaged during the blasting operations to clear the Culebra Cut — Au6.-N.7S. Cable, Assn.