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A Royal salute of twenty-one guns will be fired at eight o’clock this morning, simultaneously svith the hoisting of the Prince’s standard at the Christchurch Club. The salute will be fired by the E Battery in Hagloy Park. The Prince attended, last evening, a ball given by Mrs Tahu Rhodes at her residence. Admiral Halsey and Dr Thacker were also among those present.

The police arrangements at the railway station, under Sub-Inspector Dew, were most complete, and some sixty uniformed men kept tho utmost order. The pilot car which preceded tho Prince’s car was occupied by Superintendent Dwyer, of Christchurch, the Commissioner of Police (Mr J. Donovan) and Inspector Broberg. A force of twelve constables, under Sergeant, O’Hara, preceded the Prince’s car, and helped to clear tho way, and this foijcc contributed largely to the smooth working of the arrival. The pilot train from Arthur’s Pass found that one of the patrolmen on the line near Darfield had collapsed suddenly with an attack of influenza. Ho was lying alongside the permanent wav in a very low condition, and he was therefore brought on to Christchurch and sent to hospital by the ambulance. detests confetti,” said the Mayor again yesterday, “ and you cannot too often stress the fact that nothing must be thrown.” Fortunately nothing whatever was thrown during the procession through the streets last night, and this fact was regarded with satisfaction by those who had the controlling of the crowds. Prosecutions will follow the letting off of any fireworks in the city during the Prince’s visit. The central gate frosts at tho Armagh Street entrance to the park will be removed to avoid congestion at to-day’s review. The Prime Minister and Mrs Massey will he unable to attend the Christchurch functions, but tho Government will be represented by Sir William Fraser. Mr Christopher Thacker has brought from Okain’s Bay the original whito ensign brought out by his father in the Sir George Seymour, one of the first four ships. The ensign will he placed near the old colonists at tho cirio reception. " As the result of an interview between Admiral Halsey and LieutenantColonel Grigg and the Rev W. Walker and Mr W. E. Leadley, president and secretary of the Christchurch R.S.A., it hag been arranged that an address from the Christchurch returned soldiers will bo presented to the Prince at HagIcy Park this afternoon, .immediately after the review. The Rev W. AValker will mako the presentation.

It is understood that the Prince will arrange to shake hands with all the returned soldiers on parade.

During the journey from Greymouth to Otira yesterday the Royal train pulled up for a few minutes at the small station kuown as Jackson’s. Five or six old settlers of the hardy bush type immediately pressed closer up to , the carriages for a better view. Tho Prince, ' though he was having lunch at the time, never bothered about formality, but hastily left his chair and stepped off the train into the centre of the group, conversing with them until the engine whistled. A pretty picture of tho heir to the Throne surrounded by hundreds of laughing children was witnessed in Victoria Park, Greymouth, yesterday. Following tho presentation of a gold spado by Master Hugh Lynch, the son of tha Mayor, the Princo invited the children to gather round in a circle so that he could see every one of them. After a few minutes’ mutual inspection the Prince waved his hand and began to go back to the grandstand. The children immediately cheered, and numbers of them went on ahead, throwing flowers and leaves along the path. Regulations are advertised regarding motor and other traffic in connection with the citizens’ ball to-night. The Christchurch Technical College Senior Cadet companies will parade in

Rolleston Avenue north of the boatsheds, at 1 p.m. to-day. Those persons having tickets for the platform or Royal enclosure, Latimer Square, must arrive via Gloucester Street, and enter the enclosure or platform from the south end. The Coast Defence Band will parade h-d Christchurch railway station to-day, at 1.15 p.m., to attend the military review.

Mr E. H. S. Hamilton, secretary of Ike Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association. has been advised that the Prince of Wales will visit Christ’s College on Sunday, after attending the morning service at the Cathedral. The crowd at the Bank of New Zealand corner was quito taken by surprise. A small hand of merrymakers were jostling and shouting, when suddenly a fresh, boyish figure appeared neirby- At first comparatively tew realised that they saw the Prince, lot a big preceding guard of mounted policemen and motor-cars had been expected. The unostentatious manner of his Royal Highness’s appearance made til© roar of welcome all the more hear dy tvhen, after the moment of hesitancy, It swelled to its full dimensions. There was the utmost eagerness to mo the Prince alight from his car and Kilter the Christchurch Club, with the result that the building was fronted by a seething mass of spectators, and the weakest went to the wall—if they were mse.

The entry of the Prince into the city last evening did not conclude the evening’s programme for the throng who had assembled to accord him welcome to Christchurch. Large Crowds paraded the city till a late hour, young people predominating. There was an entire ibsence of any unseemly behaviour, and apart from occasional noisy outbursts on the part of bands of youthful enthusiasts the evening passed off without incident. Police officials stated that they had seldom seen a more goodhumoured crowd, and its behaviour was a credit to the city. The übiquitous small boy can always be depended upon to hold his own in any function similar to last night’s welcome to his Royal Highness. Although provision had been made for the school children to see their future King under more favourable circumstances than they could hope to obtain last night, this apparently did not satisfy a large number of the youthful community, and vantage points were speedily spied out and occupied prior to the Prince’s entry into the city. the railway station juveniles could be seen ensconced in all sorts of precarious posi> tions. Telegraph poles were utilised by the more agilo, and the trees on Moorhouse Avenue outside the station held large numbers of small boys, whose “ location ” caused some concern to their elders. Fortunately there were no falls, and the Prince’s entry into the city was marked by no such untoward incident as would have rendered necessary the use of the ambulance which was in readiness id case of an accident occurring.

Children attending the city and suburban schools assembled at their schools it 9 a.m. yesterday, and received initructions as to their part in the cereinonies. The children were then dismissed. They will assemble for ordinary school work on Monday.