INCIDENTS OF THE PRINCE'S VISIT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3489, 18 May 1920, Page 7

INCIDENTS OF THE PRINCE'S VISIT.

TI-IE PRINCE AND THE BUGLER

CHRISTCHURCH, May 15‘

At the entrance to the Christchurch Club last night the crowd was particu-la;l-ly dense, and it was with difiiculty; déspite the efi’ort.s of many stalw;ll't constables to clear :1. way, that thd Royal car drew up to the entl':luce.'Many did not see the Prince at j.:his": stage, and once he had disappeanecl into the building came persisfent cries of, “We want the Prince,” “We want to see the Prince.”

For :1 few minutes the uproar coutinucd. Then the Prince, smoking :1 ci'xg':u*otte, appeared at 9. window. Then the clamour increased to :1 full-thro.:«t-A ed roar. Cigarette in hand, the Prin-:0 leaned out of the window, acknow-. ledging the cheers with his hat for several miuuitics. The Prince I'eln:linm] in this }_‘>ositiOll, and in spite of the onthusi:l.~sm below, his quiet modest (10mCan(mr did not change. Just an extra short wave of his hat, and he withdrew, leaving the impression that his acknowlcdgomont was the more sin-

cere because it was lacking in any suggestion of the t11eat1;ic:11. - .

Such is the favourable impl'Cssion created by the Priiice in Clll‘istclllll'cli that people ‘today lingered to see him as often as possible.‘ Their feelings were well expressed by one lady, who was standing in the crowd outside the Christchurch Club this niorning. A policeman asked her if she had seen the Prince on his :Iri'iVal the previu ous evening. “Sh, yes,” she replied, “but I can’t. see enough of him.”

One of those little kindly touches which are endearing the Prince to thousands in this conll‘tl‘y occurred at

tho great milit:u'y review this afternoon. A litfrlo iiugler, £1 loci of about 13 years, was stationed at the saluting post, and at the conclusion of the presentation of {he address to the Prince from the Returned Soldiers’ Association he -followed out his ol'd_

ers and commenced a blast upon his bugle. At -the same moment. the bugle was pulled away from llis mouth, for the Prince was just about to reply to the address of the returned solcliei-s. The little bugler lookd disconccrted, for the speculators unfeelingly laughed but 'l'hc lad was soon. quite happy again, for the Prince himself came up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and conversed with him for quite :1 couple of minutes.