The Royal Visit.
(Press Association.—Copyright,.) London, February 11. The Portsmouth dockyards aro pres paring for the use of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall during their visit to the ooloiiuss lour steam pinnaces 42ft loi!», pain-ed royal bias, and picked [ out in gold ; also a sailing barge 34f§ long, similarly decorated. February 12 Sir Donald Mclvenzie, until recently director of the foreign department of the Tiiu-s, will be a guest of the Duke of Cornwall ou the Ophir. Ho will describe the royal tour for that paper. Received, February 18,9.6 a.m. • London, February 12. It is report; d tv-Portsmouth that the King mid Queen intend tv witness the departure of the D,:ke ai.d Duchess of j Cornwall. The Channel .squadron will escort the Ophir from England to Gibraltar, the Mediterranean squadron accompanies the ahip through tho Medierranenn to Malta and Fort Said. The torpedo d.stroyers wiil thai guard the Ophir through the Suez Canal, and the cruisers St. Geor&c and Juno, which will leave England on March 11th, also escort the Koyal .yacht from Suez to Pcritn. There the East Indian squadron takes over the duty and continues to New Guinea, where the Australian squadron takes charge of the convoy to Sydney.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7162, 13 February 1901, Page 2
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