VISIT OF PRINCE GEORGE
* —_ ; o, ; A POSSIBLE INVITATION j 1! ' j • , RI.SS ir.KOiU*.' | WELLINGTON. March 21. ! Although tlie functions to be''attended by Prince George during' j'his coming visit to the Dominion' .■ ' have yet to be arranged, there is , -.Reason to believe that he will be, "! invited to lay the foundation stone j of the new Wellington railway - 1 station. 1 ? Several reasons have been ad- : 3 vanced why the Prince should per- j - form the cer.mony. It wa_ his ! . father. King George V.. who laid t; foundation stone of the present! ' j ••ailvj.v administrative block when! iin New Zealand as the Duke of" j t I Cornwall in 1901. An additional; , i reason is that the new railway .; buildings will be the largest and 1 ; most important state undertaking ; 1 j under construction at that time. | i !
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 8
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