LOOK AT OLD JAMAICA

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 8

LOOK AT OLD JAMAICA

MEMORY OF EARLY DAYS 1

INTERESTING EXPERIENCES'

(United Press Association.—Copyright.)

KINGSTON (Jamaica), 21st Jan

Last night's reception and dinner proved quite an experience for the Duke and Duchess of York, who found the company representative of all sections and races in the community. Them were hundreds of guests at the dinner, and two thousand attended the reception. To-day's programme was designed with a view to allowing other residents in the island an opportunity of meeting Their Eoyal Highnesses. Landing amid scenes only slightly leßs enthusiastic to the previous * day, the Duke 'and Duchess motored to Spanish Town, the old historic capital of the island. There they visited the Cathedral of St. James, and were interested in the inscriptions on the tombs, some of which dated back to the seventeenth century. After m'betii.g a number of notables, viewing the Sodney monument, and hearing the school children sing the National Anthem the Duke and Duchess motored to several villages, through' scenes which, with their gaily-clad negroes, as they visited the green banana plantations, must have reminded them of their African experiences. They lunched at Moneague, proceeding thereafter amid beautiful scenery to Annadale, where the Governor held a garden party.

The Duke and Duchess took the train back to Kingston, boarding the Benown for a quiet evening.