PRINCE OF WALES

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16847, 29 May 1920, Page 9

PRINCE OF WALES

—© —-— SPEECH AT MELBOURNE. bv Cable —Pre?s Association— Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) MELBOURNE, May 23. The Prince of Wales made Ins first, ormal speech in Australia at the o ial dinner at Parliament House, which. . as a brilliant function. He paid a •arm tribute to Australia's part in the : ;ar, including that of the omen, - o aid that it was peculiarly fitting that; he Australian shin Anzac should have irought him to Melbourne. He had iecn impressed by his parage, bo Australian Fleet. a s ..en | : d example r,f the fnret..oucut -md - 1 eniri-e of the Australian people, who 3 m proiK? n; thoiOjvy, ng the important p-it it. had 1". n tho war. . . „„_,yn<:nv!i-Pc-ferring to Austra .a s .ies, the Prince sa-.d that she lind *on. ier spurs in the f n r- i.- gi, 0 ilr.ee in- the Council of feho :.ad become a mandatory , r sponsible for the ww-benig and mote ion of a large unc.vibscd popui..t.on m ho late German possessions. i-ie was ir oud that she had inidertuken ta.s •esnonsibility. The p™P- e 's welcome had to " Mm moct d-nly. He would ncv... : orcrot the friendly greetings and tho. munificence of the arrangements, lit. ,Vd not as a rule move aocut in M ' | •onip and ceremony, and wou.d uncomfortable if that were the only . method in which they were to | illov: him to travel about the f'" l "' l ' >•' He already knew Australians ti.iou h the war, and it needed no further n-trodn-Ttions to make tbsm regard mm as one of themse.ves. . J The whole rf the .proceedings, incliidjyjo* tho of welcome by -ir Hughes'aiid Mr Tudor, Leader of the Ijab'our Party, were marked by the. greatest elltL.u3ia.sm. J

INSPECTING THE FLEET. (Heceived May &)th, 1.15 a.m.) MEL-DO t' RXE, May i 3. The Prince of Wales, on board tho Ic-trerer Franklin, impacted the i'leet iho review from the point ol view ot the assembled crowds ashore was a Failure, as, owing to the tmck fog, only the dim outlines of the vessels wero visible. , ~ Tho weather is now bitter.y coici, with thick, whito frost. The fog has affected the Prince of W who troubled with a deep cougli. Mounted police have been dispensed with in connexion with the visit, as his iioval Highness considers the people niirjht be injured by horses among the crowd. , . ~ At the Exliiirtion Building this afternoon, the pecp'e's reception wr.s held, the Prince of Wales being greeted by 14 COO persons. BUSINESS UAH'S IMPRESSIONS. "I do not think it would be out of nlace," doclnred the president of the Canterbury Chambor of Commerce rtt the quarterly meeting last- night, 1 that I should make reference to the recent visit to our citv of H.R.H. tho_ Prince of Wales. I feel sure I am voicing the opinions of all present when I say that this visit shall remain long in our memories, and especially so with the children. His visit to this Dominion will, if possible, cement more closely than ever the strong ties that nnvo always existed between this Dominion and the Mother Country. His wonderful porsonalitv ende.arcd ,him to us all, and it is well" that we should know our future Sovereign."