THE ROYAL VISIT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 125, 21 June 1901, Page 2

THE ROYAL VISIT.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO CAPETOWN. PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 21, 12.41 a.m. Capetown June 20. Cape Colony spends a hundred thoud&nd poinds in welcoming the Cornwalla. People are flocking to Capetown in thousands.

Wellington, June 20. After a heavy shower the weather turned fine, and tbe sun shone out for almost tbe first time this week. Owing to the rain and a fear of slips the projected trip over tbe Rimutaka was abandoned, and their Highnesses paid a visit to the factories at Petone instead. They inspected the Woollen Mills (th's bring the fi.st time tbe Duke bad seen (>n. ), the Pe*r Company's Meat Works, find the R ilway Workshops. At tho meat works, the? not only went through the freezing cbambers, but tastfd the prf served meats. A number of pres' ctiMuns of officials and others were mad". The Woolen Compiny pre ent'd the Duchess with a rug having her arms worke) upon it. The Royal visitors to take grent interest in all th«*y (rw. The residents assembled in grea 1 ; numbers to welcome the party, and irceiv.d tbem with hearty ch«ers. Great precautions were taken that there should | be no accident on the line, no less that: , 400 men beiog employe 1 on special I service for the occasion.

' For the general public in town ther> I was an aquatic display arronged by Mr, r W. J, Moore, of tbe Missions to Seamen, principally on behilf of the meni of-war's-men. The programme con 1 tained boit races of various kinds, ai d 1 comic displays, and was wa'ched by a large number of speata'ors from the 1 shores. Three submarine explosions toata and with gunco'ton. Ths peiformonce wa6 voted a great su^ress. It mry be mentioned the Boy«l pirly s were grea'ly p'eased with t\e mua'cal ' programme at the reception la t night, and the Duchess spjcially comp'im nted [ Mr.W. McLonghlin, the con Jup or, on ' the result of tho peiformers' effjits It is generally c incsded tbe lllumi--1 nations surpass anything that *as expected, and visitord from outside, including people who bavs seen display* 1 on a Urge scale at Home and elsewhere, are loud in their pra'fe, Tbe Pos" 1 Office is adorttedly the finest eight of 1 tbe sort that has been seen iti tho colony, and m«ny never get tired lojking at it. Infinite pains have been taken in perfecting the display, and the time and labour involved mu-t have been enormous. These who are responsible for the work dverve eve y credit for the result of tneir efiorts. PREPARATIONS AT CHRIBTCHUROH. Ohristchuboh, June 20. It is announced here that tho Opbii will leave Wellington at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, »nd will steam along at twelve knots an hour. She is ex pected off Cape Campbell at about 7.30, ard the first of the long lice of ooas'nl bonfires will then be lighted at th Oape. Rain has fallen off and on al l day, and the decorations pr. a bedragged aspec f . Tbe work in roinec tion with tha special displays made by the Westland province and the shipping, frozen meat, and agricu (urnl and pastoral industri s has been pushed on. ' It is anticipate I that ou'side these ' displays and the Government arch the public decora'ions will Dot be very 1 successful, as so far there hrve been practically no a't mp's at p'lva'e decorations. The feature o' I l, e visit, however, will be the large number of illuminations, both public and private It is expected that the i'luminA'ioos of Christ hurch Ca'hedral will be the bast thing of the kind seen in New Zealand. 1

1 DISCOMFORT OK VOLUNTEERS. SCENE ON P\IiADE GROrND. Wellington, June 20. The trouble over the badly cooked rations and the prevailing discomfort of volunteers at Newtown led to a scene on the parade ground to day. Colonel Penton visited the camp and inveighed agains•; the a"tion of certain men who had supplied the newspifer men with par'iculirs of their grievances, and against; cer-ain vilunteers whi hid ptrsded the vicinity of Government House yesterday with samples of badly I cooked fooß hoisted on a p le. He told the that there were some infernal curs in the ranks, and said that a searching enquiry would be held into the The real source of th trouble sarins to he the departure from the o'd course of leaving the cruisine imngements in t4e band* of quartermasters of the respective baualims. There have bien unbounded complaint*, tnd the contractor, r'ghlly or wrongly, is blaimed for manner in wl.ich ho has I discharged the duties he had undertaken. LieuN-Col, Somroerville, who lis in change of the encampment, wan 'instructed by the Commandant 'o havo f he men identified who had t*ken s fading part in the uproar, but V, is understood that this Imi he->n unsucce«fol. An iuq ii yistj be heldiuto the who'e prced'ngs

the fireworks display, whiab wMoarriad out from the hulks lying off Qumo'« wharf, and from the Government s! earner Tutanekui, The larger dkpbty fom tie hulks was provided by the local reception committee, and, although lacking somewhat in variety, proved very successful. The f-?ct of it boing a fine calm night contributed largely to the enjoyment of tfap fC'i n. I,:iter on in the evening th<-- r -t" were eiowdtd with p«ople vio .lijj (hu "imainatioßß which was s..u I:, r.:li -w;ng.