THE ROYAL TOUR.
CONVOYS FOR THE OPHIR. detaxes OP THE arrangements. UjiiteS Piesa Association—By. Eieotria Telegraph—Copyright., LONDON, Feb. 12. It is reported at Portsmouth that the King, and Queen intend to witness the departure; rtf the Duke and. Duchess of York. The Channel Squadron will escort, the Ophir from England to Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean Squadron will accompany has through, the Mediterranean to Malta and Port Said; Torpedo destroyer's will guard the Ophir through the Suez Canal, and the cruisers St George and Juno, wthich will leave England on March 11, will escort the Royal Yacht from Suez to Perim, where/ the East. Indian Squadron will take over that duty, and continue to perform it to* New Guinea. There the Australian Squadron* will take charge, and convoy the Ophir to Sydney. _
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12425, 14 February 1901, Page 5
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