PRINCE AND BARANADO BOYS.
Tlic Prince of Wales went to Australia House recently to say good bye to the fifty Barnado boys who were going out !u Australia under the «ti»- • neeg ol the Daily Mirror Gugnunc league. They will make their home at Mowbray Para .New Ho 11th Wales, says a L union co» io.- i undent of The Australasian. They aio an exceptionally healthy lot ol toys, all strong and sturdy, and v cr \ n uf.ii alive. T;.. > were seething with excitement over the Prince’s visit; but when he came into the library they stood well at attention, and behaved in the most exemplary fashion. The person to f * p,resented to the Prince was Mrs Barnado, the widow of the founder of tnc homes. She is s frail o!o woman, but slie obcicurly takes u gr-at interest in the bov", and was taking an:n.>.ircoiy Prince. Sir G arv.-lu- Uy * made a short speech and the Prince ..r* W ales, besides making farewell speech to the boys, talked to them divide;.by afterward*. When the o«.ys were grouped together for a pa 10- % r a l 'i! the Prince asked v. *?:,.id was going to take his place he tum« d, and, with a charming courtesy which never fails him. walked acros* me room to Mrs Barnado. and said: “Won f t you come and be photographed, root i m jure they would like ‘ ? When he left and wave,l goo,i-*yT 0 rot! . ( , hoys from the doo** they cheered so ecstatically that the sedate roof of the ibrn»v see met in real danger of coming elf
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 296, 11 July 1929, Page 3
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