PRINCES RIDE IN RACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 480, 9 October 1928, Page 9

PRINCES RIDE IN RACE

STAY AT NAIROBI DUKE AFTER BIG GAME British Official Wireless RUGBY, Sunday. The Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, made their last public appearance at Nairobi yesterday. They again accepted mounts in races at the Nairobi Jockey Club’s October meeting. In one race the Royal brothers rode as rivals. To-morrow the Duke will leave on a hunting trip under the guidance of Captain Brook, his equerry, and Mr. William Waller, a well-known local hunter. The trip will last nearly two months and will cover the best game country of Tanganyika and Eastern Rhodesia. Lions, buffaloes, and elephants are plentiful there. The Prince of Wales to-morow will begin a week’s tour of the country around Nairobi. After that he will proceeds to Entebbe on a visit to the Governor of Uganda, Sir W. F. Gowers. WELCOMED BY INDIANS ALL CLASSES REPRESENTED British Official Wireless Reed. noon. RUGBY, Monday. The Indian community in Nairobi was given a special opportunity of welcoming the Prince of Wales at a garden party arranged by the municipality. With the few Europeans were present Indians of all classes, from artisans to wealthy merchants, who warmly greeted the Prince. The Prince conversed with prominent Indians about some of the places he had visited, and the people he had met on his Indian tour. He also discussed questions affecting industrial relations between the cotton-growing countries and the Home manufacturers.

The Prince joined a party of leaders of the Indian and European communities at Earn before starting on the long motor drive to Lord Delamere’s estate up country.