PRINCE OF WALES

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16848, 31 May 1920, Page 7

PRINCE OF WALES

DOINGS IN MELBOURNE.

/■a- fTa'o'o —Press Ar?orinlion— Copyright.) &st«lU and N.Z. Cubic Assocation.) MELBOURNE, May 20. Sir William Irvine (Lieutenant-Go-vernor), gave a <^ ner to thc PrhlcC of Wales at Government House fjje Prince afterwards attended the Victorian Government's official recepMar 30th. 11.40 p.m.) MELBOURNE. May «iO. The Prince attended a special show at the Agricultural Grounds yesterday, at which 50,CC0 people were present. | Later while en route to the Lord Mavor's* Ball, he called on a representative gathering of journalists at tho Grand Hotel, where he said ho was i?sv.ing an appeal to the people not to crowd him. as they were doing. I bey would thus make his tour much hap--111 Tiie Renown was thrown open to tho public, and was visited by thousands. Tho crush was so great that man) women fainted, and the tents of t.ie Naval Guard on the beach were comerted into first aid depots, t 1 RAH/WAYMEN'S DEMANDS. SYDNEY, May 29. With reference to the railwaymeii s demand for double pay during tho Piince's visit, the Commissioners declined to promise payment beforehand, hut after thc visit thty are prepared to mako adequate additional payment jor any ascertained extra duties incurred. . •V deputation of railwnymen interviewed Mr J. Dooly, Chief Secretary, who promised that if tiie Comm-ssion-ers refused to pay he would havo an amount placed oil tho Estimates to cover the payment. In regard to thc railway policy generally, Mr Dooly added that the. Government had submitted their desires to the CcmmiFsioners. Whether the policy of the Commissioners was going to be in keeping with the policy of the Government he was unable to spy, but he would give an assurance that the policy of the Labour Party, as declared at tho elections, was going to be carried out.

PEESSMEN'S THANES,

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

WELLINGTON, May 29. The Postmaster-General has received from the journalists representing the British and Australian Press, who accompanied the Prince in his tour of tho Dominion, a letter acknowledging with gratitude the admirable facilities afforded them by the Department, and the unvarying courtesy and readiness to assist them shown by all its officers with whom they came in contact. The journalists added an expression of their thanks, particularly to the senior telegraph officer who was detailed to accompany them on their .tour and attend to their telegraph requirements.