ENGLAND TO ITALY

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 7

ENGLAND TO ITALY

FRIENDSHIP'S HAND.

Extended By King Of Italy To London's Mayor. WARM WELCOMES GIVEN. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, October 3. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Rowland Blades, with Lady Blades and their two daughters and the sheriffs of London and their wives, broke their journey to Rome at Pisa yesterday. There they were received by the King and Queen of Italy. Entering the Royal motor cars sent to mee them, the members of the party drove to -the hunting lodge at San Rossore, where the Royal family is in residence.

The Lord Mayor and sheriffs w6re received by King Victor Emmanuel, who chatted with them for about an hour. The Queen received Lady Blades, her daughters and the wives of the sheriffs. All the visitors were delighted with their reception. At Turin, Genoa, and Pisa the party received warm welcomes.

.Sir Rowland Blades this morning laid wreaths on the royal tombs aft Pantheon and on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The Lord Mayor and his party afterwards went in municipal motor cars to sea the important excavations at Ostia, the ancient port of Rome.

This afternoon Sir Rowland and Lady Blades, with their daughters and the sheriffs of London, with their wives, were received by Signor Mussolini at the villa Torolonia, the Prime Minister's summer residence.