THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ITINERARY

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 8

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ITINERARY

A eaUa manage jwMMwid yestaßday reports that the Prnjce and Princess of Wales leave Genoa far India by the battleship Renown on Sunday next. The following is tbeir itinerary in India:— Arrive in Bombay, November 9. Bombay, November 9-15. Aimero, November 16-17. Udaipar, November IS-flO. Jaipur, 21-24. Bifcanir, November 25-22. November 28-Deeember L Peshawar, December 2-4. Jammu, December 5. Delhi, Deeem&r MO. OcamnaDder-m-Cfeiefs camp, Delhi, December 11-15. Agra, December 16-19. Bnurtpore, December 20-2 L Gwabor, December' 21-25. Lncknow, December 26-28. Calcutta, December 29-Janaary 6. I Darjeeimg, January 7-8. ' Calcutta, January 9. On board ship, January 10-12. Rangoon, January 13-15. Mandaloy, January 16-18. On "river, January 19-20. Rangoon, January ZL On board ship, January 22-21 Madras, January 24-28. Bangalore and Mysore, January 29-Peb-roary 7-. Hyderabad, February 8-15. EUore, February 16. Benares, February 18-19. Nepal, February 20-Marcb. 2. After leaving Nepal their Royal Highnessea vaH probably visit Simla and name other places, and tbeir •tour -mil continue as follows^— Quetta, March 13-16. Karachi, March 17-19. Depart from Karachi, March 19. Same old tune; 'On the road to Mandalay." Under date 3rd May, the Simla correspondent of the London ' Daily Mail' wrote: " Much interest is being taken by all classes of Indians hi the tour which the Prince and Princess of Wales are to make in this country next whder. The Viceroy, with Lady Cnrzon and a number of the chiefs and princes of India, will receive the Prince and Princess at Bombay, where the disembarkation will take place. Their Royal Highnesses will proceed direct from Bombay to Rajputana, and thence to the Northwest Frontier. Amrifaar, the sacred city of tbe Sikhs, will be visited upon the way, to enable their Highnesses to see the famous golden temple. A halt will also be made at Lahore, where the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab will entertain the party. Jaipur, Bikanir, Patiala, and Jammu wiH all be visited, bat it is not yet settled whether Simla will see the future King and Queen, the station being at that time c<f the year almost deserted and exceedingly cold. On the way back, Delhi, Agra, Locknow, and Benares will be included, to enable their Royal Highnesses to become acquainted with the principal temples, mosques, forts, and palaces for which Upper India is famous. A camp of exercise, probaly at Delhi, wffl be ="*"*.*t feature of the tour, Lord Kitchener's idea being to show a representative force of the fine army be commands, under. conditions nearly approaching those of war. Christmas will be spent in Calcutta, where races, a State ball, a drawing roam, and a levee will form part of the programme. From Calcutta a visit will be made to the Bengal hill station of Darjeeimg, which commands a view of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. A trip into NepauJ is to be arranged, the Nepaul Durbar proposing to show tbeir Royal Highnesses a tiger-shoot from elephants. Visits to South India, including Madras, Bangalore, Mysore, and Hyderabad, ate to be made on the way back to Bombay.''