Fast Mile Climax To Queen’s Dunedin Visit

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30058, 16 February 1963, Page 12

Fast Mile Climax To Queen’s Dunedin Visit

(New Zealand Press Association)

DUNEDIN, February 15.

Sub-four-minute miles by the world’s champion, P. G. Snell, of Auckland, and J. L. Davies, of Waikato, were the climax to the Royal visit to Dunedin today.

Rain stopped for the Royal track and field meeting at the Caledonian Ground this evening but, otherwise, the day was one of umbrellas and raincoats for everyone, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh included.

This morning the Royal couple visited the Invermay agricultural research station in drizzle. The cavalcade of cars slithered over farm roads on the station as the Queen and Duke were shown everything from lamb weighing to experimental grass plots. The feature of the

I morning was a display o: aerial topdressing and gorst i spraying and in spite of the ' weather, both the Queen anc the Duke got out of the cat to watch the display. The drizzle continued thii afternoon when the Roya garden party was held in ths Botanic Gardens.

’ On her way to Invermay ■ the Queen made an unscheduled visit to Wakari Hospital where she was presented with a posy by a patient, Peter Leith, aged 4J The Queen smilingly took the posy of pink flowers which complemented her soft grey ensemble.