PRINCE OF WALES’ TOUR.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1920, Page 3

PRINCE OF WALES’ TOUR.

(AUSTRALIAN <& N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] THE PRINCE’S LEVEE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 27. The Prince of Wales held a levee and investitute at Government House this morning. There was a great crowd, the Prince shaking hands with two thousand people. He made a short speech returning thanks for the addresses of welcome. Addresses from the Houses of Representatives and Senate were presented to-night, expressing a welcome to His Royal Highness, not only as the future Sovereign, but as one who was held in esteem by Australian soldiers as jv com - j rude on the field.

PRINCE’S OFFICIAL SPEECH. (Reioived This Dav at 12.25 p.in.) MELBOURN, This Day.

The Prince’s first formal speech was at ran official dinner at Parliament House. It was a brillia.pt function. He warmly tributcd Australia’s part m th<. war, including the women. He spoke of the fittingness that the Australian ship, Anzaty should have brought him to -Melbourne. He was imjwessed by the passage through the Australian fleet whmich was a splendid .example of forethought and enterprise. Australian people must feel proud if their Navy, realising the important part it played in the war. Referring to Australia’s responsibilities, he said she had won- her spurs in the war and had taken her place in the Council of Nations and become a mandatory power responsible for the well /being and protection of a large imeivilsed population in the late German possession. He was proud that she had undertaken this responsibility. The people’s welcome had touched him most deeply. He would never forget the friendly greetings and magnificence of the arrangements. He did not, as a rule, move about with such pomp and ceremony, and would feel uncomfortable if that were the only method going to allow him to travel about the country. He already knew Australians through the war and needed no further introductions to make them regard him as one of themselves. The whole proceedings, including the speeches of welcome by Messrs Hughes and Tudor, were marked with the greatest enthusiasm.