THE ROYAL VISIT.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1927, Page 1

THE ROYAL VISIT.

SYDNEY DOINGS. £sy TEL EG HAS-II I’Elt CHESS ASSOCIATES .) SVJ)X EV. Mu rel i 28. The Tramway Department announce that 1,052,879 people were carried on the trams on Saturday, compared with 976,182 when the Prince of Wales arrived here in 1920. The Duke and Duchess were presented with several addresses of loyalty and welcome at Government House this morning.

This afternoon they were present at a Garden. Party given at Government House by the State Governor, Sir D. de Chair. The latter function was largely attended, hut it was somewhat marred hv wintry weather. Great crowds continue to throng the city, in expectation of viewing the Royal couple eu route to the various fundions. The Duke and Duchess were entertained at a ball by the land Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Mostyn, at the Town Hall to-night. Laige crowds of people- lined the street, from Government House to the Town Hull, where the Royalties were met by a representative gathering. LONDON OBSER-VATIOKS. LONDON, March 28. The “Times” in a leading article commenting on the Duke and Duchess of Yol k’s arrival at Sydney, says: “The welcome in Sydney Harbour was a revelation of the intense interest and enthusiasm with which the Australian people regard the visit. The tour of .sow Zealand was a great success, and it has given deep pleasure to thousands, proving that the tour is a thoroughly human demonstration of the profound unity of the Empire. The New Zealand and Australian authorities have recognised the strain that is involved on the Royal visitors, though their forethought, has involved certain sacrifices on the part of the people of the Dominions. The fact is that the Royal visit provides a rare opportunity for a display of emotions that are deeply implanted in the English character, hut which are starved of opportunities in tlie Dominions, which lack the pageantry of which the public life of England is full. Men who take such different views of Australian needs as Mr S. Bruce (Federal Premier), and Mr J. T. Lang (Labour Premier of New South Wales) stand side by side in welcoming the Duke and Duchess.

WINDSOR HOUSE PARTY. LONDON, 'Mil nli 28. The Queen is arranging a eh ild i on's house party at Windsor Castle i Master, in view of Princess Elizabeth : presence in the household. Tlio King and Queen go to Windsor oil. Saturday, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth, Princess Mary’s sons, George and Gerald join them early in April. Nurseries have been prepared in the Castle for the children, rvlio will bring their own toys and pots. The Queen is specially supervising the whole scheme. One of the pleasures of the elder children will be to join in the Queen’s daffodil picking parties. The Queen, when visiting Windsor in war time, noticed th daffodils running to waste, and she said to the Ladies of the Household —“Let us nick them for the wounded.” The Daffodil Parties have been continued ever since on behalf of London Hospitals. After her Windsor trip, the Princess Elizabeth goes to Lady Strathmore.