RENOWN'S VOYAGE
CALL AT MARQUESAS
ROYAL PARTY ASHORE
(Received 9th February, 3 p.-m.)
MELBOURNE, This-Day.
A wireless message from the Eenown states that a day ahead of time, but punctual as to the hour, the Eoyal cruiser swung into the harbour of Nukuhiva, steaming to her . anghorage without slackening ipeed until the last few minutes. The French Administrator officially called and was received with due formality with a salute. Later in the afternoon the Duke and Duchess of York returned the call. . They found a colourful gathering awaiting on the beach. The Marquesans are among the handsomest of the Polynesians, and they fully bore'out their reputation. The men, mostly in snowy-white shirt and trousers, and the women in gaily - hued gowns with flower-chapletted heads, stood respectfully as the Royal Party passed on their walk down the village street to the famous mission where' Robert Louis Stevenson was once known. Returning to the ship the Duchess presented a bouquet to the smallest brown' child.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 10
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163RENOWN'S VOYAGE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 10
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