THE ROYAL TOUR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 186, 3 May 1920, Page 5

THE ROYAL TOUR

ALTERATION ;OF PROGRAMME

PRINCE DUE; WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING

NORTHERN 'TOUR HOLDS

"■i The Prince of Wales left Auckland by a train timed to start at 4 p.m. yesterday, and it is his intention to visit all the centres in.the North Island for .wiiich provision had been made in the original; programme. ■- He will go first to/Taranaki.and'then to Hawkes Bay, arriving in Wellington': on Wednesday evening instead of Monday/evening.' In order to make this possible, His Royal Highness has decided to • forgo his deershooting expedition, in, the .Wairarapa, for;it -was his wish that if it should bo at all possible he should keep faith with all the people expecting to receive him. The Eoyal; train will stop at Te Kuitr and Taumarunui on the southward, run, but nothing in the way of a formal reception was to take rdace at cither station. ■■" The' train will arrive at New Plymouth.'n't 10 aim; to-4ay. ' From .New Plymouth the Prince will come ■ south, calling at Stratford; Hnwera, and Pate(\, arriving t at 1 Wanganui this " afternoon. He will stay at Wanganui for the night, and to-morrow morning he will leave for. ■Hawke's..Bay,,..calling•■■at Marton arid. Feildihg en route,, and arriving, at, Nripier oii. Tuesday night.; :On Wednesday ho wilt come down, to Wellington, calling at Hastings," Waipiikuran, Dannevirke, and Pnlmerstoh, and he is due-in Wellington on Wednesday evening. : .. | : ' The Wellington programme Will be carried out in its .entirety, except that everything will be two days later. The Parliamentary luncheon, which was to lave been held on Tuesday, is now to take 'place on Thursday. '■": •'; m ovSd toijr; PEINCE COVERING.TERRITORY AT .;.■'..■ ' HIGH-SPEED.- ; The' Public Service Commissioner (Mr... W. R. Morris) has been advised by. telegraph by Mr. James Hislop'(Under-Sec-retary of 'Internal Affairs),.-who. is trav- ' ellirig with the Prince, that the . strike, having N happily' ended His .Royal Highness the 'Prince ;6f ■Wales' was;leaving Auckland that (Sunday) '■ afternoon. for the south, and would carry out'the whole, of 'the programme, originally arranged, with the exception of altered dates. Tho Prince will arrive at New Plymouth at 10 a.m. to-day, and after. a brief stay there would leave during the morning for Stratford, Hawera, and Patea. The Ttoval train was due , to reach' .Wanganui .at '3.45 p.ui; to-day. As to the rest of the programme for the North: Island a later message would be dispatched. ' In the meantime the Minister had given the 1160055817 authority for n Government*holiday to be declared to-day at New.Plymouth,-.Stratford',' Ha--wern. Patea.'and Wanganui. WITH TRAIN - ■ The Press 'Association - correspondent with tho Royal'".train supplies the following:— ;■' '.■'; The Royal train pulled out of Auckland Station at 3.50 .p.m.- amid the' cheery farewells.' of • the people; who thronged all the.adjacent thoroughfares end all elevated points from, which' a view of the Prince's car was'to be had.

Mercer wag reached'at five o'clock, the train, making to this point, at fifty miles an hour. At Frankton Junction; which was reached at .six ; o'clock a few minutes were spent. ...-.Quite a crowd collected,, and all eyes were turned on the Prince's - car.'-. A! railwayman'made, a speech. ','

At Te Kuiti a quarter of an hour was -. spent in formally meeting the local Mayor and.other, leading residents, who presented an address of welcome.. Re- -, turnol .soldiers nndichildren came in for ~ their share of His Royal Highness's at-. .... tention. -.; An' hour arid three-porters later; the train '." 'was in Taumarunui., Here there was' another 'informal gathering. ' At 0.35 tho journe'd was .resumed. All now settled down for the night, to ...be. ready for the-noxt official, stop at 'New' Plymouth, 300 miles away.,.. •' '.'■;■ -REVISED wiiiNGTON PLANS '•.'■' • .His Worship the.Mayor advertises the amended arrangements' for,, the Wellington welcome'.;. These provide for the. arrival of the. Royal train at Lambton Station from the Wairarapa at 7.30-p.m; ou Wednesday. . The Prince will; lie received and. welcomed at the Railway Station by. His Worship the Mayor and 'councillors oh. behalf of the citizens. Leaving the station, His Royal Higbness will proceed to Government House via Lambtpn Quay, Willis Street, •' Manners Street, Cuba Vivian Street, Kent Terrace, and Dulferin Street.. ■;..: .'j On/Thursday the citizens', reception will beheld at,the Town Hall.at 12.30 p.m., , and the citizens' ball'''will be held on , ■-• . •:,- , - : ' j. . GOVERNMENT HOUSE DANCE ! .;.:;' POSTPONED. , . ' Owiiig ; .to tho alteration -in.;the date of arrival .of'<tho .Prince of Wales, the dance at Government. House arranged for to-morrow evening, has been , post-. ' pouad, until Thursday. " •■■■'■•- ', AS ANNOUNCEDTn AUCKLAND ;'. THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS. ■ Auckland, May 2. ■ To'rday the announcement was mado that tho Royal train, would leare. Auckland at 3.15 pirn.',; reaching New Plymouth, at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning ,nnd ending the. day's programme on arrival at Wanganui (3.45 p.m.). . Napier; would .bo the stopping-place on Tuesday night, and Wellington would be reached on Wednesday evening. '"■'■•.'■.■■ It is hoped now that the v complete itinerary as originally, mapped oiit'will be carried through with yory slight ' amendment. This has-..been made pos-. sihle by, the cutting out of the days that . were assigned to the Prince's deer-stalk-; jng expedition, in the Wairarapa. ' A start on the South Island portion of.tho tour will be made from AVellington next Sunday;. ; The Renown's ;de- . -parture. for' Wellington haß 'now been postponed till to-morrow. * REGRETTABLE DF.LAY ■ .The two: delay in the. arrival of ; both the Prince and tho'Renown has already caused a good deal of worry and . expense on the part of the committees ■ : which have the welcoming and ontertaining arrangements in hand. For inetanco a vast quantity of meat. .was. ' purchaoed at the week-end to be boiled, minced and'placed in cold storago for the fiandwiches that were to have been handed to the school children on Wed- . nesday at midday. , Now this gathering cannot take place until Friday, which may . mean that, this meat'will not,.be.-usable, Similar troubles are being experienced by. the caterers for the three brilliant balls arranged for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, which must now take placo on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. v Fresh food is something that cannot bo kept; oven'for two days, and the..lossthat will be entailed in _ any case now will very likely be. considerable.

REARRANGEMF.XTS AT PALMEES- ■'.. TON. ' , (From Our Spocial Correspondent.) Palmorston North, May 2. ' Special meetings of citizens were hold to-night to .arrange for alterations in the programme in consequence of the change in connection' with the Prince's visit to Pahnerston. Norfli. As .tlio Royal train, on its return from. Napior, will travel viaWairarapa, it was decided to ask Hie Railway Department to convey alt school children 'aloiig the line from PneJaikariki to Palmerstoii North; Owing; to the shortness of tho visit (45 minutes) it wasfound necessary to cut out tho afternoon tea. On arrival at tho station the Prince and part}' will proceed in ,motors to the Square, where the civic reception will •take,place. Medals will be. presented to returned soldiers, alter which; JL.R.IL

will inspect the.6pldiers. He will then proceed to the Maori statue of Te Awe Awe,-'where addresses will be presented by the Natives. This over, the Prince will drive- slowly round tho Square, where the children will be drawn up, after which ho will return to the star tion and leave for Napier. •'■A THE'DOTATIONS DELAY UNFORTUNATE FOR ; .-■: GREENERY. Ai unfortunate feature in connection wit'i the delay is the effect it will, have oil; tho city decorations, which would have been completed in any case by this evening.. As up till yesterday at noon it.was thought that the Renown would arrive this morning there has been no dallying on the 1 part of the street decoration .committees' and the City Corporation : and tramway workers, who hav9'been hard at it during the past week under tho direction of Mr. K. Luko (of the City Engineer's office). Ail last week those engaged in the work were, ardently 'wishing that ; .there was another two; days :to enable them to do the'work thoroughly,, but' as there seemed no possibility of that . they rushed through with the work of stringing lip the greenery, 'etc., so that thero would:be some show for the officers- and ' men of the Renown, even if the Prince did not arrivßrto time.- Now the two days' respite has'come, but the greenery is all .tip, and it becomes a matter for doubt as to ''whether it will hang out thcMveek. In any case the brightness and freshness of the lycopodiuin will, to a' certain extent, have departed by the time either the Prince or the Renown arrives in Wellington. lOn the other hand, if committees take the precaution, to • roll up ■ their fabric awnings, iis some of them did yesterday, 'and not rc-erect them until Wednesday . morning next; they should keep well until wanted. If not refurled; ai-boisterous wind may do damage irreparable in the time at the die-" posal of committees. The masts and pylons are; calculated to sustain their part for the whole week. . . thelqljdays Along .with .all the other arrangements for the visit of the Prince cf Wales, all holidays are postponed for two days. The official holidays will now bo Thursday and Friday of this week.

If.M.S. RENOWN ; DUE WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ; -"H.M.S. Renown -will leave Auckland for • Wellington this morning at 10 o'clock. . Snort stays will be made at Gisbbrrie and Napier, and the vessel is expected in' Wellington on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. Tho ship will remain here until she leaves with tho Royal party on board for Picton, probably on. Sunday evening. ( ' A telegram from the captain of H.M.S.-. Renown'; to the; Mayor states that the Renown will hot arrive in Wellington' till 1 p.m. on Wednesday.. •■■■•-.•

A meeting of the Renown Entertainment Committee -was held in the Pipitea Shed on Saturday morning. <S.'ho Mayoress presided, and previous to dealing -with the business of the meeting tho Mayor, who was,present for a few moments,' expressed appreciation (on behalf of citizens) to, Captain Munro and the Harbbiiri Board for the splendid way in, which they.had co-operated in the work of makiug preparations for the entertainment of the men of the Renown. Mr. Falconer, representing the Y.M.C.A., attended 1 the meeting to explain the reason 'which led to the, association asking for a. grant in regard 'to the ■ entertainment by the. association of the men of. the Renown. This hospitality on their part would include the provision of beds for about 250 men,; as well as refreshments, . and they desired to do everything 'without a . charge. After going into the matter the committee decided to adhere to-their previous resolution. The'first tea for. tho sailors will be given on. Tuesday afternoon rit half-past five; and arrangements were discussed in regard to the supply of helpers. . Earlier "in'tho day several of the committee ladies wilt cut, up satfdwiches for the children's day on the .Wednesday following; this, it was hoped,'would be finished by four.. ■ Captain Munro was authorised to -get gramophone records, a gramophono having been provided for the entortninment of. sallow. Captain Munro' paid a: very, warm tribute to the work, which had been done by tho Commercial Travellers' Club, telling the meeting that much of tho success that had at-> tended their efforts to turn the-shed into a club was due to them. One firm Midlane Bros.; had sent to the shed cretonne to. the value of .£2lO, and it simply meant .that when the shed- was dismantled .ni "the end of the visit tho "material would riot be worth anything like, its previous value. That, however, \yas only one instance of the way in which the Travellers' Club was assisting. ■ ■ , '

It was again emphatically urged that -all. ilndies' assisting with .refreshments should bring a tea-towel with them. Other detail matters -were discussed, and at the close of thu meeting Mr. Moorhouse expressed the pleasure that was felt at having Mrs. Luke back with-' tliem after her recent illn.ess.'

The British and Foreign Sailors' Society, which has had allotted to it by the Wellington Citizens' Renown Committee the entertainment of the sailors of tho Renown, has been making extensive arrangements with a view of. providing a thoroughly enjoyable tea, to bo followed by a first-class concert and sooial evening. The B. and F.S.S. Committee' had a meeting in the Sailors' Rest, Post- Office Square, on Saturday night to complete, arrangements. . The meeting wa? attended by upwards of 40 enthusiastic workers. The arrangements made promise an exceptionally enjoyable evening for the men. Mr. J. G. Harkness, chairman of the Harljour Board, has consented to preside as ehniriuan of this gathering, which, promises to eclipse any of the many successful sailors' gatherings previously arranged ■by the Wellington branch'of. the British aiid Foreign. Sailors' Society. . •

, . GOLF AND SIGHTSEEING THE LAST TWO DAYS IN • AUCKLAND. . By TelcuracU—Press Association. Auckland, May 2. On Saturday night the Minister in chargj of theßoynl tour (Sir William Fraser) w'as' in conference with the Governor-General!for some time arrangiitjr the new. programmo along with Messrs. J. Hislop (Under-Secretary tor Internal Affairs) and Mr. E. W. M'Villy (General Manager of Railways). Tlv last-named two spent lonp end anxious hours fitting in all the details. Their task was really ft huge one, as (lie reorganisation and disposition of various raihvaymcn and line patrols all along the'route had to be definitely and finally made before the officers could seek repose Tho Royal visit of; 1920 will live long in the memories of many New Zealanders. but probably hone will retain such lively recollections of it os tho varioui officials concerned in the conduct of the tour. . Meanwhile the Porsonag? around whom all their perplexities and anxieties; revolved has spont a couple of, days in perfect Auckland rather, quietly enjoying himself with coif and sightseeing. To-night lio will again take up the burden of ltoyalty in progress through the country.