PRINCE OF WALES’ TOUR.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 June 1920, Page 2

PRINCE OF WALES’ TOUR.

! aUBTHA—'AN <fc l v *2* OAfcLK ASSOCIATIONJ THE PRINCE'S HEALTH. MELBOURNE, June 2. In addition to fatigue the Prince of Wales is suffering from a cold. 'He has arrived at Ballarat, however, looking very fit. ' SYDNEY, June 2. The newspapers, commenting on the reasons which compelled the Prince to postpone his Sydney visit, severely condemn the embarrassing functions, pushed to limits of selfishness which resulted in a. nervous strain making a rest necessary. They distribute the blame between over enthusiastic members of the public and officialdom, which have enforced upon the Royal visitor so many exhausting functions ever since bis arrival in Melbourne. His whole time from early morning till late at night had been occupied with strenuous duties. The Prince hardly had a single hour of leisure. The papers express wonder that he was able to stand the strain so long as he did, and tender a, plea- for more considerate'treatment, both by the public and on the official side during tlio remainder of the stay in the Commonwealth to enable the Prince to fulfil bis mission with justice and comfort to himself.

PRINCE RETURNS TO MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE June 2. The Prince has returned after a brief country visit. He bad a fine reception at Ballarat where he was presented, midst smiles, with a. pair of, pyjamas into which one stitch each had been inscribed by 000 local girls, noted fol magnificent war work. The Prince s weeks’ rest, will be spent- secretly, probably in the vicinity of Melbourne.

THE PRINCE’S DAY. (Received tills day at 8 aim.) MELBOURNE, June 3rd. Thy Prince spent a free morning and at midday attended, a luncheon given by returned Sailors and Soldiers League and was made a patron in chief of the League. He then attended the Univeisity where the degree of L.L.P.' was conferred. Yesterday the Prince received from the King li rush cable giving the Derby result. To-day liis passage through,, although cheered, was uninterrupted, as for the first time since his arriyal the newspapers did not publish details of liis movements, giving only his engagements instead of times and routes irom one function to another.