WARRIORS’ WELCOME

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 478, 6 October 1928, Page 9

WARRIORS’ WELCOME

PRINCE AT NAIROBI ENTHUSIASM OF NATIVES British Official Wireless RUGBY, Thursday. The Prince of Wales, who with his brother, the Duke of Gloucester is visiting Kenya, yesterday made the acquaintance of native chiefs and councillors. Attired in full ceremonial dress they received the Royal visitors in their camp near Nairobi. The warriors welcomed the Prince in traditional fashion, dancing and shouting their greetings, while the Prince Inspected the camp and examined various weapons, and the methods adopted in using them. The Prince formally presented to the chiefs photographs of himself in the uniform of the Welsh Guards. Great appreciation of the visit of the Prince to the native chiefs is expressed in a letter sent to the Nairobi papers, signed by five of the paramount chiefs. They say that above all they were greatly impressed by the fact that the Prince addressed them in Kiswahili. their native tongue, w-hich he studied while on his voyage to Africa. The Prince is now interesting himself in the preparations for the Duke of Gloucester’s safari, or big-game hunt. The Duke is expected to set out to-morrow through the lonely interior. The Prince has visited the site of the Duke’s first camp, which is situated 15 miles from Nairobi.