RENOWN'S VOYAGE.
PRINCE VERT FIT.
MELBOURNE, May 24. A' message from the Renows, dated Monday morning, states that the weather has moderated, but is still equally. All aboard are well, and the Prince is very fit. He is taking' lots of exercise. , The city is putting the touches on its preparations to welcome the Prince, and/a most extensive and varied programme will fully fill the Prince's time till he departs for New South Wales. The Renown is timed to enter Port Philip at 7.30 on Wednesday morning. She will be met outside by destroyers and a flight of aeroplanes. The. Prince is to land at St. Kilda at 2.30 p.m. The landing will be followed by a procession through the principal streets to the Federal Government House, various functions taking place along the route. The fleet and the city will be illuminated at night. An incident of the Prince's visit to Sydney will be the release of 5,000 pigeons from Fort Denison at the moment of his landing.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) SYDNEY, this day. A wireless message' from H.M.s. Renown states that the weather has calmed and the warship is making steady progress.* Arrival at Melbourne on schedule time is assured. Everybody la busy preparing for the landing
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 124, 25 May 1920, Page 5
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