THE PRINCE'S VISIT.
SUGGESTIONS PROM THE MINISTER. Mr J. P. Brandon (chairman 01 tlfo Otaki Town Board) has received the following letter from the Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs, with respect to the Prince of Wales' brief visit to Otaki on Monday, April 26:>— "According to tho present arrangements of His Royal Highness' tour in New Zealand, the Prince of Wales will arrive in Otaki about fivo o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, 226th April, and will make a stay of approximately ten minutes at your town. "This intimation is given to you at tho earliest possible moment, as you no doubt desire to make arrangements for
a fitting reception. You will be advised definitely at a later date of the exact time of arrival and departure.
• "His Royal Highness has expressed a wish to meet, the people of the Dominion rather than to see the sights, and it seems especially desirable that the children in your town and surrounding districts should be assembled at the reception. The local Education Board is making tho necessary arrangements with the Railway Department. '' His Royal Highness specially intimates that he desires to meet as many returned soldiers and sailors as possible at all points of his journey—uniform ur plain clothes as convenient—and has stated that ho will be only too glad if those who cannot reach parades in larger cities or towns will gather at any convenient points in his itinerary and desires that this shall be made public.
"Such ceremonials as laying of foundation stones or unveiling of memorials should not be inc'uded in your programme. The Government invite you to submit early, for approval, n programme of your proposals for the reception and entertainment of His Royal Highness. "The stay of His Royal Highness In New Zealand is limited to twenty-seven days for the tour of both islands, and you will recognise that it will not be possible to lengthen the stay of the I'ri nee in your town.
"As already intimated in tho Press, any expondituro which your body may incur in the entertainment of His Royal Highness will be subsidised £ for £ by the Government, which proposes to ask Parliament next session for the necessary authority:"
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 8 March 1920, Page 3
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