ROYAL VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 763, 11 March 1910, Page 8

ROYAL VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA

In. connection ,with the visit of the Prinoe and,'-'Princess.>of Wales to South £ {r . lca >-.Jo' ■ open' the ■ new Parliament of United South ,Africa;'ihfdrjnal preparations are,being made in. South Africa for the purpose of • arranging, a draft pro-•gramme'-'tobo- submitted'' 1 to'' his' Eoyal Highness for ■ approval., ".'i ■ ,'-, As'tthe' first .Union Parliament is ex-pected-to ■ meet in'/'October .it-is'antici-pated that, tho'Prince,' and, Princess will reach . South -~Africa ~ii-. September, as .a date; later than this'.would-not be- suitable if'' a.. : shooting. 'excursion is to •be arranged. It is' hoped!, that "their Eoyal Highnesses will then.make a tour of tho country, visiting the,principal centres and places, of interest in ; the various colonies, and proceeding as far .'north, as'the Victoria Palls or the Zambesi!" '<Eor the conveyance of. :tho Eoyal .'guests' arid their suites a magnificent is, being specially built. . U'.'.V ■ : It, seems .improbablei that''the Prince will,travel'in a .warship^|as he did when he: visited .Quebec,,lowing','to,. the limited space .and, the unsuitability.,; of such a vessel for ladies, and it is.thought likely that .their Eoyal Highnesses, attended by their suites,, may-, cross : .the.,ocean in a chartered liner, in all' probability the new Uni6n T 'Castlemail' steamer Balmoral Ci'stle,landing ,',at." Durban';;.'' The return will,, in all probability, be ma'de for .England from .Cape.Town,,immediately after the openihg'.ceremdri'y 'of the:' Union Parliament. ''"It,, is . not "'regarded as likely that ;their "Eoyal, Highnesses'.',will.- be absent from England, -more' 'than three months.. -'~,;.'.., ,'„;' .,,." ' ,".