Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1905. THE ROYAL TOUR OF INDIA.

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 July 1905, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1905. THE ROYAL TOUR OF INDIA.

Much interest is being taken by all classes of Indians in the four which (he IVinee and I Vinces sof Wales are to make in India next winter. The Viceroy, with Lady Cur/.on and a number of (he idiiefs and princes of Indi?, will receive the IVinee and Princess at. llomliav, where the disembarkation will take place on November o.a. Their Royal Highnesses will proceed direct from liomhay to Rajpntana, and thence to the Nnrth-AVcst Frontier. Amritsar, the sacred city of '1,,, Sikhs, will be visited upon the way, to enable (heir Highnesses to see the famous golden temple. A. h\lt will also he made at Lahore, where the Lieutenant-I lovernor el the Punjab will entertain the party, daipur, I’dkanir. Patiala and dammu will all he visited, but it is not yet settled whether Simla. ” :l! «ee the future Kins* ;md Qutvu. ilio station ihmiu;, «i» i top Ii me of the year, almost deserted. and exceedingly cold. On the way back, Delhi.' Aura. Lucknow, and llenares will bo included, to enable their lleval lliglinesses (u become acnuainted with the principal temples, niospiics, forts, and palac,'s lor which Upper India is famous. A camp of exercise, probahly at Delhi, will bo another feature of llie tour. Lord Kitchener's idea being to show a representative force of j he line army ho commands, under conditions nearly approaching those of war. Christmas will ho psont, in Calcutta, where races, a State ball, a drawing-room,

and a levee will form part of Hie programme. From Calcutta a visit will most probably bo made to the Bengal hill station of Darjeeling, which commands a view of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. , A trip into Ncpaul, is also likely to be arranged, the -.epaul Durbar iproposing lo show (heir Royal Highnesses a 'tiger-shoolt frorii elephants. Visits (o South India, including Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hydetab/nl. are lo be made, after which (ho Royal cou)ile cross to Haroclii, and sail for England on March 10th. i,.