THE PRINCE

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 9

THE PRINCE

# E -; KLAJiu|{AT±: PRIiPARATIfWS. j ' : Sydney, May 3.. 1 iWpa-riition* for tlie -'Princfe's Visit are steadily in- all tlitf-Australiaji (owns. (JiieniU.us voices which werelittti'd protesting auain-,t Hit; "mniceessiiry'' ev--peita'u an; silent <vrc]it away, it <ici't-ain,'i>y the accounts w'liich have, come ■from the Pacific ports'of'call, and '.Ve\V Zealand of the Prince's splendid tact and. 'democratic spirit. •' ' '' Bray country town is getting'ready. Ju Bend for iiibtaiieej' tlie shojM'epers in' file different st l-eeis 'have f6roin l ed com-, 'iiiittete.'itud each street' is "trying [ to beat 'Un!'. othef'in 'producing'sb'nictllftijSf line faittf novel'. One street is'M'haA'e'airaFcli-i ■wiiy ; of ; tlie town's prettiest S'irls—ttw). 'ißeiidiffo' is famous foV -itVi '[irettyvwifis. Four thousand children will -tosgroftptfd •itl"'One-'place to "sitt'g ■flu! 1 -XalioWal;i Kiij them; and along the route there wsll"bij f 1 ' rMlit'ionsi One. public -body- Will .prciJeut'the'Primio 'ail' hiKstahd made' fakta' Bendigq

When the Prince arrives m Melbourne "Waters ou'Ola-y 20,..1/licsra: WJU. /balls 28; vessels of the Australian ileet gathered ■twihcct liim, and'two days later" tliere iwill-be-the biggest iia'Val review'in the •Wfstor'y of the C'onimomVealth: 1 'lt will, indeed, be the first-Australian naval re-' view worth honoring by that nkih'6,'as .cgmuriseatlw iDieadnknigiiit five, fast urwisers, Sydney, • MtdbpivrJtß, Übanc;.-;. AdolaMe, • i <an,l Encounter, twelve ..mqdern destroyers, 2 submarines, three mine sweepers, and a; i number of attxH&tfjrAcSFt. The Prince, will review the fleet on the morning of May 28, when it will be anchored in y\W lo |ditf '[n llohsfi-q'sijk]ff( spsf Melbourne, 'fhere will be a great searchlight display on that night, and on that [and succeeeding nights'the 2S Australian vessels and the Renown will be illuminated.

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne has commented on, the report that "Auckland streets were a blaze of color by day and of light by night," and ho ''hopes that nothing will be left undone in Melbourne sp ,that. there may be an unfavorable contrast." The whole of the •route through the city, from a point cast of the Yarra to the _Fedcral Houses of Parliament, will be lavishly decorated by the City..Council.' Many thousands of pojiiids are being spent in the erection of Vcnetiaii'lmasts, along Swanstori "and Bourke streets, from which banners and bannerets will be suspended, and to which thousands of electric lights will be attached.-. 'Melbourne's decorations however/ will not be nearly so lavish as on the occasion of the visit of-the Duki> - of York, 1 a-ndi there will be no arches, on Account 'of'the-excessive cost. •_::>■.!, .■'■'■ •■'■' SYDNEY'S DEMONSTRATION:" 11 '';

, Sydney, on the other hand, hj? adjptirig tho idea, of arches,- and -leaving the' deebf ■" ation of'the street, mostly to private' eh-' .terprisc.' '.there is to be an arch to : rCpry.- ; .sent each of the great industries and' . institutions, and some promise to be very .line.

. There is to be a 'route march by .miyal moii from all the Australian' ships, and the Ke'nbwn', in Melbourne, on May fj),, the'anniversary of the battle'.of Jutljiiii. The pafaVfeHyill be tlic largest of the kind, hjcl'd in Australia. The men .'will parade at Government House, where they will be inspected by the Prince. '! There will also be important naval events!'in'Sydney, the home of the Aus L tralian fleet. The warships, lying iri'tho' .narrow, deep harbor, will be pratcically dii the heart of the city—a circumstance rtliat makes naval pageantry here a more "striking thing than is possible in Melbourne, where Abe ships are. foreouV to remain out A/bleak rfobsofifiayf M-4-om ■the city, and not easily seen, owing to the .fjatnuss/ofj/the.countryside.- ;' •' •■ •' ' > <*'' ,' One of the the pro'granime for the "visit" of the Prince, of Wales to Melbourne is the planting of a "memorial tree in the Prince's Lawn at the ~But»nie..Gardens* close to' tie' --i&tj wlier.CviWiifaiJher, then Prince George, and his. .la^e,.|UneJ<fvi -Prince : Edward,' a : fter- : wiju:ds;Dnke of .Clarence,.; planted. ' two: Himalayan,, fan, palms on July .2, : 1,881.: Tlie,.ti'(H> selected is a Queensland'.stcno-ii carpus, .jqii |fire ; wheel tree,' an- evergreen a height of.. 60ft. : In ttifcion to,t.i(e tree planted by the present King in 1881, there isin. the gardens -an! jfndian cedar by him in. the. Hope-, '/t'ouh iawn^oi>'t&,a : eca.sioii ! -of''Ms r visit' tn ,1901 a3 Duke of/.QiJigjtv:a:ll and York, /the tree was planted on May 7 of that .year, and a second cedar was, planted.by the ..'Dilchess of' York tin'-thc' satoe day.' .'Ote spade used "By the present King.both ui 11881 mSfIM-is prestr/ed'WM museum of the gardens, and is known as ( t]ie. Royal ,■, spade. Eighteen' tr/e.eH /.have .-been' planted ' with' this unplemont. "■;;■; - ■ - ' ■•■ • ; ;'..;.. 1.. ~f n j