THE ROYAL VISIT.
NATAL, ESCORTS AUK AN GED. • ... LONDON, Eebruary' 12. It is reported at Portsmouth that the King and'Queen intend to witness the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall’ and. York. The Channel Squadron will escort the R.M.S. .Ophir from England to Gibraltar, and tlie Mediterranean Squadron will accompany her through the Mediterranean to Malta and Port Said. Torpedo destroyers will, guard the Ophir through tlie ! Suez Canal. The' St. George and Juno, which feaveEngland on March 11th, will also, escort/the Royal Yacht from Suez tp Teritn, ;at the mouth of the Red Sea, where the . East Indian Squadron will take over, the dutv. This continues to New Guinea, where the Australian Squadron will' take charge of the Ophir and convoy her to Sydney.
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New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 55
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127THE ROYAL VISIT. New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 55
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