The Royal Visit.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 148, 11 May 1901, Page 4

The Royal Visit.

f ' Sidney, May 8s j The secretary of* ; the ■ Gitizens* Com** inittee says that, although the - pf the streets may uot. be onsjioh a foalai inf splendonrasih Melbourne, for bean-. . Itiful eompleteoeas and faarpmny they arai far ahead':o£«nysh|hg>previOa?ly r seen in# Australia, -? ‘ May 8s : Approximate; returns of the railway**; traffic on Monday .show that 400.0001 persons,we-e carried, nearly TOOjOOOv passengers- must have welcomed/ the< Royal visitors. The Duke of York waaquite delighted/ with bhf magnificent pageant, which he. said* was quite equal to, if not better, than, anything. oLthe kind ho. had,,pre ? . ivioualy witnessed. Lord flppetoun said he, was also; | pleased beyond measure. • The Duke inspected tho men, of-the, 7ictorian Naval Brigade, who have just: returned from China, and them upon their valuable.aerviceg. In. reply- to. numerous addresses ofe welcome, the Duke said-:;— “I accent with sincere, satisfaction the asnnranee.of' r unswerving devotion and attachment to. ' *he tKronevandr person of the K, : ng, my; ’ dear father, to whom I~ shaH make., known without delay the sentiments w hich have been given expression to. We hope the journey that we. imdretaken rary not only- be fraught with much' pleasure and profit to our-.-. 1 selves, but also have the effect of pro, inoting no small degree of; unity and£ solidarity,to.the King’s dominions.”’ , <■ A touching-incident was an inquiry off ■ the Duchess with regard to the trees, planted, by, the Princes on,-the first visit, to Australia in 1881. Her Highness was, informed that the, tree, planted by the.’ Duke o$ York was atilt- alive- and, flourishing, but that planted by the Duka ■ f Clarence had withered and died;, despite all care, spoil after the Duke o£ Clarence’s dpa<h.; . It in understood' that the Duke wiH ; present handsome flags, inscribed with^ E .the name the regiment, to each regil ment which served in South Af>ica. ! The Duke tp-day presented all troops. - 3 iwho served in South Africa with war . m dais, Five hundred soldiers, one bv one, stepped forward and received tB medals, saluted and retired, • Three men 1 who have no.t yet rcopyered gat apart. The Duke and Duchess, w dked over to. -th- m, shook them by the hand, anck 8 sympathised with them in their/, j .offerings, ;; ' May 91' The reception at Government Houee,; 8 yesterday was one of the largest even l held The Djike aryi Duchess,. ‘were attended by the Equerries Viscount, a Crichton and the Duke of. Roxburgh, and were present in the ballroom fcia *, greater part of the evening., ct of citiz-ms w«re presented to, the- Dukey and Duchess, also the Hon. J. G. Ward^, 0 rir M. O’Borke, the Hon. W. C. With pMr Hainan and a-humber of'other New 'Zf- slanders. The New Zealand Naval Contingent j .participated-with other naval brig ides in s forming a guard of honour during thi n Duke’s recent visit to the 8 which was the more interesting as beins ’’ the first occasion on which the naval forces of Australasia were brigaded in a single forpe. e Wellington, May 9. !t ■’ It is probable that the Royql party, 8 will vi-vt Southland, travel!i’ g by rap R fropi Dunedin, and making-the Bluff, the final port pf departure. n There has hem a serious difference of 1 opinion between the Government tynd the Citizens’ Committee as to where the - reception ot-the Royal party shall take place. The. committee proposed a space - opposite the post office, and the ment held- out for a space at Jeryois Quay rotunda. At a meeting this piorning- a plan submitted by the Minister of Public Works in regard to the latter site was defined impractical}!) it wag decided to insist on receiving the Royal party as they leave the wharf, !t qnd- that the Corporation address bp , presented whep the procession-reachej e Government Hbuse. . The Native Minister declines to i®sue free railway passes to M abuts toenabUjhim tq prooeed to Auckland with 300 or 409 followers-and make a display at the jyelcome to the Rnk o of Yoriji, y ] . Dunedin, May 8. * East evening the Premier received a reply from Mr Beacoqk,. the VictorianPremier, acknowledging receipt of a .congratulatory* mes age from Ne'vy Zealand- 1 on Monday’s display, ant£ stating that their celebrations were 4 great success. He §cjded that he wa< very pleased to welcome the New Zealand troops and to have been able to give them a good position in the process}, :n.