THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 77, 30 March 1920, Page 8

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

aCCOMMODATIOB ABBAHGED. THE AUCKLAND WELCOME. PROCESSION AND REVIEW. Some further particulars of the manner j in which the Prince of Wales will be,, entertained have been given by Sir Eruncis Bell, Minister of Internal Aiiairs.; At Auckland and Wellington the Prince L ■will Lo the f, r,lefll uf lhe 'J«verni>r-1; General un.l the Countess df Liverpool at j Government 'Jlyuse. Apart from the deer shoting in the Wairurupa, the . Prince will be eulcrtiiin.-l by the Government iluriiiLC the rest of bis -lay. At . Napier, Clirisi church, und Dunedin the ' .principal clubs, h.'.e [.iiti'ed their premises ■ at the Govcninii-Jil's disposal, and the , Prince and lhe leading members of bis , stall' will be entertained there as the J Government'o guests, tiie dun members . having voluntarily agreed to lorego the Iright'to v.-c their uv.u premises during' , the time _o occupied. Kor thU- the ] _ Minister expresses his gratitude. At h Poiorua, Wiuiganii. und other places tbe i entire accommodation of hotels Inns been J Bcctircl for the use of the Prince and his . atoll', in order tv make full provision tor I the Prince's privacy nnd comfort. . With regard to public welcomes In the j Prince. Sir I'Vuncic liell states that so 1 fur as pocsililo the local authorities were _ L heing given a free hand in regard to the , ~. tin ~f welcome t,, be adopted. |t Un the day of the Prince of Wales' >' iirnwil ill Auckland, which will be .Sutiir-1 .L;v. April 21. unices bus arrival is de- j i Juyed by the Panama Canal landslide,;' there will be a quite imposing procession j, Tl,rough .the city, and arrangements have . been made to 'bine I lie route lined by j territorials, cadets, und boy Scouts. A _ special parade burs been culled for this purpose.' Colonel 11. Jl. Potter, C.M.U., i officer commanding the district, will com- ' 7ii.in.l the parade. Lieut.-Colonel S. S. | Allen, C.M.G., D.5.0., wiU command tbe U territorials, Captain (I. Dittmer, iI.C, tho cadets, and Commissioner R. p. Abel the .boy scouts. The proc&ssioii will take the following route:— From the Queen's wliurf, up ■■ Queen Street to the Town Hall, where the civic welcome ceremony will be held; . thence l)y Upper Queen Street, Karnnga- r hape Road, Symonds Street, O'Rorke • Street, and Princes Street to (jovern- | ment House. Preliminary arrangements for the mili- f tary review to he held in the Domain ' the same afternoon were discussed yes- \ terday at a meeting of returned officers . called for the purpose. Lieut.-Colonel J. ' E. Duigan, chier staff officer for the dis•trict, stated that returned soldiers would : take the right of the line, and it was'" proposed that tbey should parade according to their units. j The meeting decided that an endeavour I would be made to put the men of each " unit under the senior available officer of ' that unit. The hope was expressed that f every officer and man who could possibly s parade would do so, and it was stated c that while men possessing uniform ' should ivear it, men who could only I parade in mufti were wanted equally as ' much, in order that the parade should * he as large as possible. Colone C. E. R. [ •Jlackesy, Who as senior N.Z.E.F. officer i in the district will command the parade, 1 snid that lie believed that the returned officers and men would turn out in large , numbers, and the same view was ex- i pressed by Captain G. E. Elliot, president 1 of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' ' Association. . ROYAL VISIT INVITATIONS. DR. THACKER THREATENS j \ % TROUBLE. j i If the Mayors of Auckland and Wellington'nre invited to attend-the Maori reception to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales j at Rotorua, and no invitation is extended to tbe Mayor of Cliristchnreh (Dr. H. T. J. Thocker, M.P.), there is ; going to be -a. row" ("says the "Sun"). A warning of that was given to the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. Sir Francis Bell) by Dr. Thacker. At the , conclusion of the Minister's "business • with a Christchurch City Council deputation, the Mayor asked if there was to he an official Parliamentary reception to the Prince in Wellington. "Yes,"' replied Sir Francis Bell, "inWellington—and you will get your invitation." "I wondered," said Dr. Thacker, "hecause I haven't received an invitation yet—nor one for the Native reception at Rotorua." The Minister explained that accommodation at Rotorua would be filled to overflowing with tho Natives and the Prince's staff. The only Dominion guests Tvould he the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, the Hon. Sir James and Lady Carroll, and the Hon. and Mrs. W D. S. Mac Donald. "What about the Mayors of the large cities?" suggested Dr. Tiiaifter. "They wil not be there," wns the reply. "We cannot possibly invite more, for we could not put them up. We have even had to refuse some of our own stair and generals."