The Prince’s Visit.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1922, Page 2

The Prince’s Visit.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OABLB ASSOCIATION. fringe at Mandalay. DELHI, December 5. 1 The Prince of Wales has arrived at Mandalay and received a most hearty loyal welcome. The road to Mandalay proved a pleasant road through friendly country with smiling faces everywhere, showing that the poison of Indian sedition and political unrest had not touched the heart of Burma. The long dusty journey was performed in a light, almost toylike narrow gauge train which swayed and jolted like a ship in a 'heavy sea. Every station was artisticaly decorated and «powds. of country people in picturesque holiday dress cheered and showed genuine enthusiasm. Each station was like a section of a rainbow, enclosed in a framework of Burmese boy scouts with flags. Ladies carefully powdered coiffured and bejeweled, smoking heavy cigars were much in evidence. None of the Prince’s journeys had greater interest or revealed more sincere enthusiasm. Mandalay itself was. gaily decorated and the Prince was welcomed by a gathering of notables including the .shan chiefs and ladies gorgeously and fantastically costumed, many of whom had travelled for hundreds of miles to participate and anxiouß to show their loyalty to the Empire. The Prince returns to Rangoon on Saturday.