ROYALTY'S DOINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 118, 9 May 1908, Page 4

ROYALTY'S DOINGS.

The Prince of Wales' forfhroniiug \i->il to Canada will add considerably to the wonderful mileage record which I makes his iioyal Highness the greatest traveller of all the lioyal Families. Bacchante cruise represented 110 fewer than .")Ui7!) miles. During his colonial tour, .six years ago. ho and the Princes* travelled over *15,000 miles, of which .'}3,(H)O J v <?re by riea, and in all those jourueyingts, with the exception of Port Said, he never set foot on any land wher e the Union .Tack did not fly. Again, ou his famous trip to India, the 1 Prince travelled 8,807 miles by railway alone. He spent t-wenty-eight'nights in the train, and delivered fifty speeches and performed a multitud of ceremonies. Loyal Canada is ■better acquainted with the personality of the Prince of Wales than with that of King Edward, who has only once visited the Dominion. His Majesty, when lie was only eighteen, enjoyed a triumphal tour through the Colony. From St. John's, .Newfoundland, he proceeded through the whole of British North America, being received at every point with the greatest enthusiasm, fie laid the first stone of Parliament House, Ottawa, and opened the \ ictoria Bridge over the 'St. Lawrence Uiver at Montreal. A medal was afterward* struck to commemorate the vi«it. Before leaving America the Vneen alloivod lh t . Prince to visit the t nited Stales, where he was received with the greatest respect. Some enrious incidents occurred during his Majesty's American tour. In Montreal numbers of mother* whose ha hex were ; iMjYted with ''king's eviP desired to bear them before the Prince that he might lay his hands upon them, and so olfec-l a cure, " hut some of the aged ones said it would be of no use. as he was not yet a king, that only the King or the had 'the virtue in th e band.'" At a picturesque place ou the Ottawa PJver called the Chats, an address was presented to the Prince by 20,000 lumberers and raftsmen. It concluded with the words " Long may you remain 1 Prince of Wales." It was 110 slip of the pen. " When we put in the address ' J»ng may you remain Prince of Wales,*" said the chief lumberman afterwards, "we meant it.. We were perfectly satisfied with the Queen, and wanted her to remain 011 the throne as long as she could, however much we liked and respected the Prince." •Many years afterwards, at the time of the Diamond Jubilee, the chief lumberman, still alive and hearty, wrote to the Prince, reminding him of the occurrence. Ho received the following note in reply: " His Royal Highness perfectly remeinlieiv the incident to which you refer. His lloyal Highness greatly appreciates and thanks you for your kind and loyal sentiments, and he will not fail to make them known to the Queen.'"'