TOUR AT AN END.
Princes to Leave S. America In Week-End.-FLIGHT OVER RIO. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, April 10. , The Prince of Wales' South American tour on which he has been accompanied by Prince George, will conclude this coming week-end when they will sail for Lisbon on the liner Arlanza. The special short-wave wireless apparatus by which the Princes kept in touch with Home on the outward journey on the liner Oropesa proved so useful and worked so well that a similar wireless outfit will be provided on the Arlanza.
A message from Rio de Janeiro says Ihat the Prince of Wales and Prince George flew over the city, Ihe Brazilian capital, yesterday in British naval aeroplanes. ' They took off from the air-craft-carrier Eagle outside the harbour and landed at the naval aviation school on shore.
The Prince of Wales, who is showing keen interest in his country's commercial prospects in Brazil, conferred 'with officials of the local railways and factories.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 85, 11 April 1931, Page 9
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