PRINCE OF WALES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 14 February 1920, Page 4

PRINCE OF WALES

FURTHER DETAILS 9T TOUR, BY CABLE—PRESS AssuCIATIOX-COPYEIGHT (Received Feb. 14, 8.55 a.m) tv, t> ■ c ,L °NI>ON f Feb. 13. The Prince of Wa'.es will leave Portsmouth on March 9, and will arrive at Barbadoes on the 19th. He will hold an official reception-on the promenade deck, & portion of which has been specially prepared for the purpose. The party will spend a few hours ashore while the Rencmn is takiug in fuel lhat operation will occupy about sis j hours. The warship will then proceed to Colon, where America is pre- i paring a welcome. There will be no official visit ashore, but a formal call at Panama. The party will then proceed to Honolulu, and remain there half a day for fuel, and there _wi<] be an unofficial visit ashore. Thence to Fiji for fuel, and on to New Zealand. Tbe desire of the Prince is to reach Auckland on Anril 17. This necessitates cutting down his earlier programme to a minimum. The return journey will be*by the P?na"v> rovte and will afford time to revisit Fiii. othe^ British possessions in the Pa^fic. *nd » fairly extensive tour of the West Indies.