THE ROYAL TOUR

Evening Star, Issue 19454, 12 January 1927, Page 5

THE ROYAL TOUR

• —■ ' VISIT TO LAS PALMAS ENTHUSIASTIC SPANISH .WELCOME. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LAS PALMAS, January 10. (Received January 12, at 1.30 a.m.) To-day the Renown dropped anchor punctually outside Las Palmas, where a tanker was waiting with oil for her long Atlantic trip. Salutes were exchanged between the ship and the shore. The fears that tho Royal party would bo unable to land were unfounded. Tho first official function • was the call of the British Consul, with Captain Ferrer, of the Spanish gunboat Bonifaz, who is specially attached to the staff of the Duke by the order of the King of Spain. The Consuls and-tho captain paid their respects to tho Duke and Duchess of York in their apartments; then their Highnesses left the ship by the Royal barge, with its bright new coat of paint. The sea was lively alongside the gangway, and the ladies particularly found it difficult to board her, while the remains of yesterday’s swell, which was still running, made tho trip ashore not particularly pleasant. The Duke was in full naval dress, and the Duchess wore a simple white • costume. Tho harbor was gay with bunting, and tho ships were all dressed. The Spanish Governor and other officials received them at tho landing. The crowds cheered them en route. The Royal party visited the Queen Victoria Hospital, the Seamen’s Institute, and the British Club, where they met the British community.

On returning to the Renown they were given an enthusiastic farewell by the Spaniards all along tho streets. In the evening the Governor and other dignitaries were entertained aboard the Renown.

[Las Palmas, the capital of_ the Canary Islands —a Spanish possession is an important port of call, -with a wireless station and coaling depot, ine most notable building is the sixteenth century cathedral, in the flamboyant style of Spanish architecture. There are other churches, a museum, and a theatre. Las Palmas is a health resort, and has a population of 00,400.]