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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 42

A CHASN OF IRi §*J) Hf A Isa £**§» if <£*< , ; «B®s a’PERSONAL LINK BETWIXT THE PRINCE AND iHE PEOPLE* When the German Emperor recently visited the East, Ins movements were connected witu private citizens at home by an. ingenious chain of post-cards. Arrangements were made by widen, on payment of a small sum covering a little more than the actual cost, persons were allowed to register their names and^addresses; a senes of picture post-cards was prepared, and a card was posted, from each city on the Emperor s r-nite. ana on ihe very day of Lis arrival, to each person whose address was registered. All sabycnoers to the sc a erne, a word, received a series of picture post-cards, with the post-maVk of the country the Rinser was \isitmg tne post-mark on the card showing the date of the Emperor's arrival. No detail of .lie Emperors Eastern tour awakenfed more .popular interest than this. A NOVEL SCHEME* The visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia supplies the opportunity of carrying out a similar rife English magazine and the proprietors of tne scheme which will interest the whole empire. A pronnnei ~ _ ~ * .. , “ Review of Reviews for Australasia ” have organised a schema which takes in both G reat Rntnih and tnesc* colonies. A series of Twelve Picture Post-cards has been prepared which will sc-rve as a record of the Duke s visit, and will be a personal connection betwixt that visit and every subscriber to the scheme. Tito first will be a “Good-bye Card.” willi portraits of the Duke and Duchess and their autographs. This will be posted to every subscriber on the day the Royal party starts from Southampton. The second will be a card with a view of Gibraltar, to be posted iron the Pock.the day the .Koval party leaves the great fortress. 1 . (1 , The third will give a map of the route from Gibraltar to Aden, showing Malta, cypress and tne buez Canal, and ,wiil be posted from Aden. The fourth will give a view of Ceylon, and will be posted from Colombo. The Australasian section of the series will consist of six cards, one to be posted from each of the six Colonies visited by the Duke and Duchess of York,, with the .prettiest and most typical view of each Colony. The eleventh will be posted on the day the Commonerealth Parliament opens, and will give a typical picture of the scene. . The twelfth, with an appropriate design upon it, will ben farewell card posted on tne day the Eoyal party leaves Australia. ... , . , It will be seen that the series of post-cards will be of great artistic interest; wmie the dates they bear and the places from which they are posted to subscribers, will give them an historical —and what may be called a “stamp”—value, and will be a personal link connecting each subscriber with (ho movements of the Royal party. The price of the series will be 8/-. This sum may be sent by Money Order (or 3/3 in Stamps or Postal Notes), with the address on the Order Form annexed. It will be necessary, of course, to send the names and addresses of subscribers in these Colonies to England, and there is need of prompt remittance on the part of those who wish to find a place in what is certain to be a very great and interesting success. Lists of names and addresses will be transmitted to England every week, as they reach this office; and the last date up to which subscriptions and names will be received is F©sst' , !*?«a.2ry 2, ISO'S. HOW TO SECURE THE SET FREE OF COST* "We may add that to anv person remitting the name of a new subscriber to the “Review or Reviews for Australasia”' for one year (the name of a person, that is, who has not previously subscribed, either through an asm for twelve months and a place in the Post-card list. ORDER FORfJS FOR ROYAL OH AilP*S OF POST-CARDS-The Manager ■ “ REVIEW OF REVIEWS” 167-9 Queen St., Melbourne. ' Enclosed Mease find the sum of lu far which place my name on Royal Picture Post Caid List. Signature - (Write clearly; state Mr., Mrs. or Miss.) Add/'CSS : • (State Colony.) Send in the names of your friends or children. The scries will be a memento of a great event. & & O o «•> <s»