ETERNAL BOY
PRINCE AND SCHOLARS. LONDON, February 22. Smiling broadly, the Prince of Wales surprised the scholars of Westbourne School, Paddington, by an unexpected visit. lie raid: "1 an ask-.-d io do :>mny things, blit sometime) it is mon*ns before I carry ihcm out. When I was asked to hoist the bug that (he scholars of Westbourne School, Adelaide, sent you, I liked the idea so much that I wasted no time. “[ think it is a fine idea. It shows (he closeness of our link.? with ‘down under.’ Th? flag could not have come further if it wanted, but if you were suddenly transported to Adelaide you would i">t be amid strange surroundings.,” said the Prince. “You w> uld find children learning, oi trying to learn, the same lessons, playing the same games, and enjoying the same jokes. I hope some of you will go to Australia, where you will certainly be welcomed.” The Prince asked the headmaster to give the boys two days’ holiday, and departed amid cheers.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1928, Page 8
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