INTER-STATE JEALOUSIES.
OVER PRINCE'S ARRIVAL. SYDNEY'S CLAIM FOR FIRST PLACE. •ieTSj (Eeceived 10.30 a.m.); '^^P' Cj ■ SYDNEY, this day. There is already heartburning over the Prince's visit. Mr. Holman strongly protested to Mr. Hughes Melbourne securing the honour of the first landing. He declared that New South Wales, as the premier State, of most historic interest, with unrivalled harbour facilities, had unanswerable claims to precedence. It also possessed the permanent Federal capital, and as the Prince arrives from. New Zealand, Sydney would be his natural landing place. Mr. Hughes replied that he appreciated the arguments, but various circumstances made it desirable that the first landing should be at Melbourne.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) a
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 36, 11 February 1920, Page 5
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