LOOKING FORWARD
GOOD TIME IN DOMINIONS
ARRANGEMENTS ABROAD
(British Official Wireless.) (Received September 5, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, September 4. ■' The Duke cf Goucester this afternoon began his journey to Australia when he left Hendon Aerodrome in the Prince of Wales's Dragon Moth' aeroplane for Le Bourget," Paris. The Duke said he was looking forward to a, good time in tho Dominions.
He will spend over two months in the Commonwealth, visiting all six States, and will then proceed for five or six weeks' visit to New Zealand.
From Marseilles to Australia he will travel in H.M.S. Sussex, which', on arrival in Australian waters, will be attached for some months to the Royal Australian Navy. The Duke will mako the return journey in H.M.A.S. Australia, which, on reaching England, will be attached for the same period to the Fleet in home waters.
The occasion is thus being taken to revive the practice of interchanging cruisers between the British and Australian Navies, which was interrupted by the financial crisis in Australia.
The main purpose of tho Duke's visit to Australia is to represent the King at the Centenary Celebrations of tho State of Victoria, which will be officially opened by the Duke from the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne on October 18.
LOOKING FORWARD
Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1934, Page 9
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