PRINCE OF WALES.
,/ —r—♦ MESSAGE TO TOURING SCHOOLBOYS. FRIENDSHIP IN AUSTRALIA. (INITIO TRUSS ASSOCIATION" —E7 ELECTP.IO : • TELEGRAPH —COPT El [GUT.) •(.Received August 15th, 12.30 a.m.,) LONDON. August 14. The Briuce of Wales has sent tho following message to the schoolboys who are to tour Australia: "I am sure the friendships you will form in Australia, will form * bond lasting a lifetime. I have the happiest recollections of Australia, and am always glad to welcome Australian friends here. Australia momentarily is experiencing a difficult period. You will have an opportunity of seeing tho determined, courageous spirit with which Australians are facing and seeking to solve their problems. J. know you will see to it, that Australians may judge well of you and consequently tho schools you represent." The schoolboys were farewelled at Waterloo Station. They later joined the Corinthic at Southampton. The party consists of 22 boys, whose average age is 17 years. They are of fine physique, and several of them are six feet in height. One of them, Richard Moss, of Harrow, is related to Lady Isaacs, wife of the Governor-General of Australia.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 15
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