THE ROYAL TOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 116, 15 May 1920, Page 6

THE ROYAL TOUR.

CH-tXSTCUUKCK C____BKA__Q_. FREEDOM-OF THE CITY. '*7: REVIEW DC" HAGLEY P_j___ - (By Telegraph.—Press Assoclatloa.) (__R_STCHURCH. Friday. ■ "Prince'-s Weather" which has _a__J the Royal tour ever since Sotorua tv left broke to-day. The morning was\-_M_ g and drizzly, but the afternoon saw At f sun making feeble efforts to b___ through a s the Prince walked from tas ' Christchurch Club to Latimer Squar* where the formal presentation of _» address from the citizens was made by the Mayor.. Many thousands or peojlt were present and heartily chetted tkt ' Royal vjsitor. A feature of this !______' was tbe presence of members of tht Christchurch Cambrian Society, the women being- dressed in the qoaiat Welsh national garb. "God Bless _» Prince of Wales" was sung in Eagiisk and Celtic. 'K. ' Hie Royal Highness, ackiwwiedgSig -the address, said he was always glad t* meet Welshmen anywhere in the Empire:. Addresses, were also presented froa the Lyttelton Harbour Board, tfat Methodist Church, and the Bri___ Israel Association. . • j? g| At the conclusion of this ceremony At. freedom of the City of Christchurch ins conferred upon the Prince by virtue oft a document (handed to him by the Majot Dr. Thacker, M.P. Thi s is the first em of tbe freedom of the city 'being: earnferred on anyone in Christchurch, or _• deed in New Zealand, and it was ilirhlsi upon by a meeting of the City Coandt> lors while waiting on the rci'way p__form last evening for the. IY_iee_V arrival. His Royal Highness was ti__ enrolled as the first honorary freeman _ the City of Chri_tchurch. __ _9_B Onjleaving Latimer Square the Enjjgj drove to Hagley Park. 'The route tm lined by thousands, and thousands ___ stood on all —idee- of the parade gronal in the park. The __pection,of .vetw_j_| and territorials took some time, and tfe -Prince's frequent stoppage to epe_K_j||f: the men wearing- special ribbons or.t»"a wounded man resulted in frequent cbsjn and applause. The troop* made afa display, and a Iprge number of itemmi soldiers and onuses filed past the Wwt The drone *«jf an aeroplane wae bail overhead. The rain -kept off, but tk ground was damp underfoot, and a _3 . southerly wind made things v«y.. fife . comfortable. The streets are brightly _l____t_i again to-night, and - are packed with sightseers. ?'-'■ The Prince attended a citizens' _fl this evening, given in his honour in tht Drill Hall. Great crowds watofed the progress to the hall, and the scene _s_s was a brilliant one. To-morrow evenings second ball will be given by tte Navy League and Returned Soldiers' tion a 3 joint hosts, and the Prince ii expected to'attend In the afternoon m$ will be the guest of the Canterbury. Jockey Club at the special meeting at ■Riccarton. "~ -;"'-,. The pilot of the Royal train fro* Arthur's Pass last evening found-_*•*-the patrolman at Darfield had coDapsri owing to influenza. Be was lying alosfside the line. The man was picked, nf and brought into the Ohristchnrek . Hospital.