PRINCE IN THE COUNTRY.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 127, 1 June 1920, Page 5

PRINCE IN THE COUNTRY.

VISIT TO SOLDIER PATIENTS

(Received June 1, 9.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 1

The Prince is staying for two days in the country. He spent Sunday with Mr Hughes, and enjoyed an exhilarating gallop to Mr Hughes's mountain home at Sassafras, incidentally halting for billy tea.

The Prince was delighted with this aspect of Australian bush life. He visited Oaulfield Military Hospital on Monday, (stopping at each bed nnd cheering the patients. One soldier asked if the Renown's band could visit the hospital, and the Prince consented.

.His Highness was welcomed by 5000 soldiers, sailors, and nurses, and was presented with a golden soldier on a silver Australian map as a 'paper-weight. The Prince, in condoling with the patients, expressed his genuine delight at renewing his acquaintance with innumerable soldiers.