THE PRINCE OF WALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 5

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

■, • • . _ • > ::: COMING DOMINION TOUR. FISHING AND DEEH-BTAiraG. m \ -L-2-r '■'•'•• :t ■ v THREE, DAYS AT EOTORUA:: ■' ■ '- ' . .-'-'■ ■' '. ; it, [BY \ telegraph.— pbess association.] lL V •; •. , CHMSTCHUl«^,"j\V>dneßdj;y. : : », At a meeting' of ; the .' Prince 'of 'Wale! he Reception Committee to-nightthei Mayor '*. Dr. Thacker, M.P:', said he had had)* :0 : interview .with; Sir Francis ißel], who -.hie ke an | audience : with ;f; the i Governor-Genera of that morning and had ; minutely; discusset re, the details of/the' Prince's visit to th< n- Dominion. Sir Francis Bell informed \ Dr. a-; Thacker'.'that a definite itinerary -Had noi do' yet -..been"'drawn tip. , '[ <„'.; ;'.■•-) jj . tit ■ .The; Renown would • arriyef presumablj of at Auckland, on April • 17, and the Print* n, (would > spend f2B , days altogether |in New rd Zealand, It was "proposed : that he shocld se spend three days fishing, probably in the e- R<)torua^ district, and four days deer a, shooting. %-y. Wherever 'possible he _ would hi travel by train.'v.V/v';' 'XW"l ■t?*%' , £\ at '' Ten or twelve days would bo spent ir ..;'■; the South. Islaiid^ and- the Christ<murcfi , 0 visit would extend 'to four days. "White \ , in Chrigtchurch the Prince would be the £ guest iof i the 'i Governor-General at Elm- , wood. His retinue would comprise about [I forty.'' ' V v ;.;; Sir : Francis Bell said the Prince would .; not >be I entertained ''} privately, , except'by a the ; Governor-General, and the only , form d of inside entertainment,desired was a'citi,e zenß' ball. The Government . would grant i. a £» for £■ subsidy on what was expended . generally on the reception as well' as 'on * decorations and illuminations. Children ' would >be i conveyed free on the' railways , to the cities.*. "'.■,;• '_■;■'' ■*■ "',..;''••;"•', *;-., v ,'.; While j the ; Prince was V; in the "■' South ': Island the Renown would stay all the time ';;■ in *Lyttelton Harbour. "■' .';:" ;;p. j ''* "\ '•' ; A wish had been expressed by.the Prince that he should be given an opportunity to „ gee as many people as' possible, especially „ the young folk. Any /addresses' which it S -was;desired 'to; be presented Jo. the Prince ) should be 'forwarded" one month prior to n his 1 ; arrival in New 'Zealand. ' , ? e ■ j -m' *"■■ . _L_ " ; ; ' 1 - - 1- •-- '• '.'•