DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
DAY’S VARIED PROGRAMME. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] MELBOURNE, November 9. A programme of many contrasts Was carried out by the Duke of Gloucester to-day. Beginning with an address to the cadets t at Flinders Naval Depot, the Duke visited the Commercial Travellers’ Club, and had conferred upon him the honour of “Knighthood of the Road.’’ zfhis next visit was to the conference of the Empire Service League, where he was welcomed by men of all corners of the Empire, to whom he conveyed greetings from the Prince of Wales, whose message said that no part of his tour in 1920 had conveyed such happy memories as . his meetings with service men in Australia and New Zealand. The Duke’s next engagement was the polo matches on Moonee Valley racecourse. He had luncheon with the officials. The Duke watched the games for four hours, returning to attend the State Government’s garden party. He later attended the brilliant inaugural dinner of the new Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1934, Page 7
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