ROYAL TOUR

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 240, 7 September 1928, Page 7

ROYAL TOUR

PRINCES SET OUT. JOURNEY IN EAST AFRICA. CHRISTMAS AT CAPETOWN. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Sept. 6. The Prince of Wales, and his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, set out today on their tour of Africa. Thej T will traverse the continent from north to south, visiting Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Rhodesia by rail and motor car, concluding their journey in timo to spend Christmas at Capetown with their uncle and aunt, tlie Earl and Countoss of Atlilone (Princess Alice). In East Africa tho Prince of Wales will be visiting the only considerable portion of the Empire he lias not yet seen. The tour will combine a semi-official visit and holiday, including big game hunting. Tho Princes and a suite of four are travelling overland to Marseilles to join the liner Kaisar-i-hind, which leaves for Alexandria to-morrow niglit.

Before embarking tho Prince of W ales will visit the Queen Alexandra Memorial Hospital and the headquarters of the British Legion. On arrival in Egypt the Princes will take luncheon with King Fuad, who has offered them a private jmclvt in case they prefer to proceed to the Sudan by the river route.

The provisional arrangements are that the Royal party will join the liner Malda at Ismalia for the voyage down the East Coast of Africa to Mombasa. From there the Princes will entrain for the interior of Kenya. While the Prince of Wales will receive addresses from native tribes and will inspect troops, schools and hospitals on his way through Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda, the Duke of Gloucester will spend some days shooting in the big game fastnesses of Kenya and Tanganyika. The Duke will afterwards rejoin his brother on the caravan route journey through Rhodesia, changing to the railway at Broken Hill, and proceed to South Africa. QUIET DEPARTURE. Absolute informality marked the departure to-day. This was in accordance with the Prince of Wales’s personal wish. The Royal brothers arrived at Victoria Station not in uniform, but dressed as ordinary civilians —in lounge suits, with bowler hats. There were no official personages to bid them farewell as, accompanied by their small suite, they entered the Pullman car of tlie boat train for Dover. , A large crowd, however, witnessed their departure and gave the Prince and his brother an enthusiastic send off. With similar informality the Princes embarked at Dover in the cross-Chan-nel steamer Invicta, walking direct from the train to the ship. There was no ceremony, but again the Princes received a great ovation. A GREAT GLOBE TROTTER. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Sept. 6. Few globe-trotters in any station of life equal the Prince of Wales. East Africa is the only remaining part of the Empire left him. Since 1920 His Royal Highness has travelled hundreds of thousands of miles, far exceeding the travels of any other member of 'rile Royal Family. Among tho .places he has visited aro tho West Indies, the Gold Coast, Basutoland, Australia. New Zealand, Sierra Leone, the United States, Canada, Egypt, Japan, China, Uruguay, Malta, Nigeria, Zululand, Malaya, Fiji, the Phillippines, Argentina, Chile and Spain. Tho Price and "the Duke are busy shopping and farewelling preparatory to the tour. They aro talcing a minimum of luggage, as much of the journeying will be on foot through jungle. As the greater part of the tour is unofficial, the Prince of Wales is taking only two full-dress uniforms. Both lie and the Duke aro paying particular attention to rifles.

LAST OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT,

LONDON, Aug. 29,

The last official engagement of the Prince of "Wales before lie embarks for his tour of East Africa on September 6, with his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, was a visit to Aberdeen where he toured the streets amid immense enthusiasm. The crowds broke through the barriers and the police endeavoured to drag off a butcher’s boy who was clinging to the Prince’s car. The Prince only laughed and encouraged him to further efforts. He then smilingly placed in his buttonhole a red rose which an old woman threw into the car.