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Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1921, Page 2

Tilt Prince of Wales has opened his ("in auspiciously at Gflu alt.l r. where he mil with a vi’iy warm welcome. The oflical itinerary of the tour slums that he will roai’li Malta on the Ist. November, Port Said on the sth. November. Suez on the 7th. November, Aden on tbe I‘Jtli. November, and Hom-li.-iv on tin- 17th. November. The Prince’s tour of India will conclude oil the 17th. March, when it is understood that ho will depart for Japan on a short visit. Recent Indian papers slum that extensive preparations are in progress in the chief centres for the fittng reception and entertainment of the Prince of Wales, whose tour of the country promises an even more strenuous task than bis visits to Canada and bis world tour last. year. In accordance with the resolution to boycott tbe Prince of Wales’s visit, passed by the All-[ml in Congress Committee some months ago. the non-copcralion leaders in Calcutta. Lahore, and other ports of India are making vigorous efforts to eomhat the work of reception committees, and are passng resolutions condemning the actions of municipalities ami oither bodies. The Prince of Wales is to pay a. visit to Ceylon, lie will also make a tony of Burma from January 2nd. -to 10th. visiting Rangoon and Mandalay, and the districts ol l pper Burma. Tbe inclusion of Peshawar, on tbe North-West Frontier in the Prince of Wales’s Indian tour has been regarded with some natural misgivings, hut it is declared in official circles that the Prince will receive the Siriue unfailing res; eel there as in Knghiml, says a London nnper of Seplenihi'r I Dili. Riileliicn will b,. posted along the route and pickets will watch the hills ami valleys when the Prince drives to the Kliyb’i Pass from Peshawar. The brilliant lonrs of Rajputana and Central India will I,'' left behind and oul v ®Hie quiet blacks and whites or the sheepskin coats <>t tile luii'd-fcatiii ed border trilw’siiicn will be seen. The Prince will receive the frontier chiefs, and it is stated that he will deliver a message Ironi the Khig-Empcrnr. After tlncc days in Peshawar, the ITinre will go on to I?nwal Pindi, where the pick of India's military forces will assemble lor review ami manoeuvres, and two great armies engage in mimic combat. British and Sikh, Rajput, and Gliurka will "(arch or gallop past the saluting base in » formation designed to show a whole war division. The Prince will afterwards visit the camps to greet the officers of the various regiments.