THE ROYAL TOUR.
GLORIOUS WEATHER IN DUNEDIN. VISITS TO THE SICK AND MAIMED. Dunedin, May 18. Glorious weather to-day rendered (he Prince of M ales’ visit to Dunedin most pleasurable to ( tlie Royal partv, and to thousands of people who in the afternoon turned out to .see His Royal Highness as he passed along the streets. At- 2 o’clock the official welcome to the city was extended to him at a special dais erected in the Octagon in front of the Anglican Cathedral, on the steps of which several hundred college girls Avere massed, and sang “God Bless the Prince of Wales.” Huge crowds occupied the open space in the Octagon and streets converging thereon. The Mayor (Mr Begg) read the address of welcome, and the Prince, in reply, expressed his appreciation of the splendid reception accorded h'im. He also referred to the great part, the people of Dunedin had taken in promoting educational progress, the pari (hey thus played being worthy of the noble traditions Avhieh the pioneers brought Avith them from the schools and colleges of the Old Country. Their devotion to British ideals had been sternly tested in the past live years, and their response had been splendid. The Prince then received various addresses from Church and other bodies in the pro-
vmcc. A visit to the Medical School and Soldiers’ Ward of.' the hospital followed. The soldier patients’ ward was next visited, the Prince spending Mime time among the cols. Later the Prince visited Port Chaliners, which was gaily decorated, and received an address of welcome in the presence of a large number of townspeople. Returning to the city hy way of the Lower Pori Road, the Prince was stopped at Raven- hournc and accorded a hearty impromptu welcome.
The official citizens’ reception took place in the evening at the Drill Hall,- and later on the Prince was the guest at a ball given by the Otago Women's Club, in the Art Gallery. Both were brilliant aft airs, el t ended hy a very large number of people. 1 ' .HHHIIIWIIIIiHW II !■ B IHiHTim
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2130, 20 May 1920, Page 3
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347THE ROYAL TOUR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2130, 20 May 1920, Page 3
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