PRINCE OF WALES.
RECEPTION AT KHARTOUM. LONDON, April 15. A message from . Khartoum states that the Prince of Wales to-day received 30 native leaders, gorgeously robed in purple and wearing jewelled swords, at the historic palace. The natives included Sir Abd el Rahman el Mahdi;’"tfie eldest living son of. the Dervish leader who speared General Gordon to death on tne steps of the palace, in 1885, two days before the relief force was sighted, and Sir Svred Ali, who claims to be descended from the prophet Mahomet. The Prince of Wales during the hunting trip took 7000 feet of film. The Prince of Wales got within 40 yards of 300 elephants crossing a river and secured wonderful photographs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 9
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118PRINCE OF WALES. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 9
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