Hawke's Bay Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1868. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. HE WILL NOT VISIT NEW ZEALAND.
The Wellington, s.s., which arrived yesterday from Auckland, brought late Sydney news, received per s.s. Egraout. We much regret that the Prince will not visit this colony. An extra of the Southern Cross, issued on the foreuoon of Saturday last, contains the following semi-official announcement : —
The Governor has received letters from Sydney by this mail, confirming what he had been told by the last mail, viz., that the Duke of Edinburgh had been unanimously advised by the medical men attendant on him that his health would not permit him to encounter the fatigues of a visit to New Zealand, and that he should go straight to England. H.R.H. writes to the Governor that he long combated this advice, and wishes it to be known that he deeply regrets being obliged to abandon his visit to New-Zealand on the present occasion, from which he had expected to derive the most, sincere .gratification. He looked forward with' deep interest to visiting the Maories as well as the Europeans, and fully intended to have carried out the programme which had been submitted . to him by the Governor, and which included visits to all the principal places, in both the North and the Middle Island. H.R.H.'s letter to the Governor was dated March 21, but reached Auckland only on the 10 th April ,• the Duke is very desirous that his disappointment at being precluded from visiting them, and his good wishes for their future welfare, should be made known to both the Colonists and the Maoris."
His Excellency the Governor desires to make public that he received a further letter from the Prince, per Novelty, which arrived this morning, dated March 30, stating that his Royal Highness was progressing favourably, and was to leave direct for England at the end of the week (April 4.)
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 934, 14 April 1868, Page 2
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319Hawke's Bay Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1868. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. HE WILL NOT VISIT NEW ZEALAND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 934, 14 April 1868, Page 2
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