A HIGH FAVOURITE.

Northern Advocate, 17 June 1920, Page 5

A HIGH FAVOURITE.

EfMPIRE IDEALS EXPRESSED

(Received 12,10 p.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day,

The organising committee and the police have won golden opinions everywhere for their excellent management of the procession and handling of the huge crowds. It was really a triumph of organisation, far ahead of anything seen in Sydney before. The police pay a tribute to the public for orderliness and strict attention to requirements. The Prince himself is a favourite with the people. He expressed himself as delighted with Sydney and the reception accorded him. Speaking at the Commonwealth banquet, in reply to Mr Hughes' speech of welcome, the Prince enlarged upon the spirit of "Empire unity which the war had disclosed and developed. His travels had taught him how deeply the roots of our common civilisation were set. Continuity of British ideals and methods constituted, the Empire's strongest point. . He was sure that no nation or empire could properly understand itself or appreciate the links which bind the British peoples unless they followed British history for a long way back into the past. He would be vain to suppose that the wonderful welcomes given him were individual. He knew they were accorded him" as the King's son nnd heir; because the King represented the unity and continuity of British life and ideals throughout the Empire.—A. and N.Z.