DUKE OF YORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 9

DUKE OF YORK.

TOUR OF DOMINIONS. 1 ELABORATION OF PROGRAMME. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. > (Reed. 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 26. The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. - S. M. Bruce, had luncheon to-day with I the Earl of Cavan, who is to be Chief I of Staff to the Duke of York on His ; Royal Highness' tour of Australia and t New Zealand. s They discussed further details of the visit. An early announcement of an elaboration of the programme is expected to be made. ARRANGING THE DETAILS. EARL OF CAVAN BUSY. LONDON. Oct. 16. In an interview the Earl of Cavan left no doubt that he was anticipating the , New Zealand and Australian tour as Chief [ of Staff to the Duke of York with the , keenest pleasure, which the Countess of . Cavan shared. " I had arrangements almost com- , pleted for a visit to the Commonwealth," , said the earl, " when I became Chief ; of the Imperial General Staff. I lunched [ with the Duke of York to-day and dis- . cussed the general aspects of the New Zealand and Australian programme. We are anxious to meet the Duke s wishes as far as possible. "I am sure that, the fewer speeches ' he makes the more the Duke will be ' pleased. Indeed, there is a tacit understanding that he will bo burdened with ■ public speaking as little as possible com- • patible with the nature of the tour. " The Prince of Wales made a tre--1 mendous lot of speeches on his tour in : 1920, so it is felt to be unnecessary to > cover the same ground. " I will visit the Director of Naval 1 Equipment next week to discuss the > general arrangement of the accommodation aboard the Renown. It will require ■ consideration, as advantage must be 3 taken of every available inch in order to ! provide suitable accommodation for the ■ Duke and Duchess and their suite. " In the arrangements for touring the individual States we shall be largely guided by tht wishes of the various ' Governments, within the limitations of the dates fixed." The Earl of Cavan pronounces his name similarly to the Irish county—accented on • the first syllable. He is particularly • interested in landscape art, of which de- : lightful examples of the English school ' hang in his study i