THE CIVIC RECEPTION
"TAKEN AS READ."
(Received May 27, 10 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day. Arrnngptnents • had been made for a civic reception in the Town Hall, where' ■<*jere was a. great gathering, but at the .fiance's suggestion the Lord Mayor's ad£vess and the Prince's reply were taken as read. The Prince, in handing his reply to the Lord Mayor with a few words .of thanks/or the city's splendid reception, said: "You don't mind if I don't read it, do you? I will see you again, won't I?" During the progress of the reception, the returned soldieri mada marly demands on the Prince's attention, which he. readily ; aficOrded. One soldier insisted on a handshakei and whert the Prince tendered his left hand the soldier demanded the right, which the Prince laughingly conceded.
VVbeh Collins-street was reached the •measured tread of the procession was abandoned, and the remainder of the journey _was made at a rapid pace. Special provision was made along the Epute for woitflded noldiers and .gfikgitnu
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 125, 27 May 1920, Page 7
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