WHO'S THE GIRL?
PRINCE'S LEAVE-TAKING. WHAT THE BAND PLAYED. LONDON, March 28. A slim, erect figure, wearing a naval uniform and standing at the salute on the superstructure adjoining the quarter deck of the Repulse, was the last the cheering crowd at Portsmouth saw of the Prince of Wales as he left on a six months' tour embracing South Africa and the Argentine. A band played "The Girl I Left Behind Me."
Prince Henry accompanied the Prince of Wales to Portsmouth. The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin), Earl Beatty, tlie South African High Commissioner (Mr. Smit),and the Argentinian, Chilian and Uruguayan Ministers bade him farewell at Victoria Station.
A gramophone, banjo, and two ukuleles are included in the Prince's luggage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 84, 9 April 1925, Page 5
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