DUKE AT CHRISTCHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1927, Page 14

DUKE AT CHRISTCHURCH

FACTORIES INSPECTED

CHEERED BY THE WORKERS

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHTJKCH, 14th March. The Duke of York was early astir this morning, and as soon as he was at liberty he lij;t on a round of inspection to see something of Christchurch industries. He first visited a brush-making factory, where he was presented with a pair of brushes. He was interested in the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, in which the machines were decorate! red, white, and blue in his honour. In each department as he entered the workers rose and cheered. The Duke was presented, with a travelling rug for himself and another for the Duchess. He also received a pair of snow-white blankets made from the finest wool. Each rug and blanket bore the Eoyal coronet and the monogram. The Duke stopped to talk with some of the worker girls who were charmed with the attention paid to them. They said that he was so nice, with much emphasis on the "so.'' The Duke then went on to the store of Messrs. Pyne, Gould, and Guineas at Aulsebrook's biscuit factory. He saw the process of making biscuits from start to finish. •

At every factory he was enthusiastically cheered by the workers, who gathered as he was leaving.

On his return to the city after the childrens' demonstration at the Show Grounds the Duke was driven along Brougham street, Sydenham, where Nazareth House, the Epman Catholic orphanage, is situated. The children, prettily dressed in white .end pale blue sashes and gold hair ribbons, were lined up on the footpath, with them being the aged inmates of the home. The children waved small Union Jacks as the DuJ<e arrived. When it became known mat His Eoyal Highness was to make a t\ill the pavements of Brougham street were quickly lined with people. At the entrance gate the Reverend Mother of Nazareth House and the remainder of the' staff were assembled and in front of them were two tiny tots, one with an address for the Duke and Duchess, the other with a charming bouquet of pink flowers for the Duchess. These were handed to the Duke while Jie remained seated in his car. He' acknowledged them with a smile and brief thanks. There were cheers for the Duke as he left, and a special round from the children for the Duchess.