THE ROYAL VISIT

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 46

THE ROYAL VISIT

A PROPOSED TIME-TABLE. LONDON. February 21. The Ophir will be fitted with, wireless telegraphy a-pparatus. The crew will include a portion of the crew of the Royal yacht. The R.M.S. Ophir, which is to take the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to Australia, has been beautifully re-deco-rated and re-furnished. Their Royal Highnesses have visited the vessel, and expressed delight at the complete transformation. Sir Arthur Bigge, who was private secretary to the late Queen Victoria, will accompany the Duke of Cornwall in a secretarial capacity. LONDON, February 22. The suite of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in their forthcoming tcur will include Lady Mary Lygon, Lady Katharine Gray Coke, Mrs Derek Keppel, Prince Alexander .of Teck, Commander Boyan Godfrey Faussett, 8.N., Viscount Crichton, the Duke of Roxburglie. Dr Manley (surgeon apothecary of the Duke of Cornwall's households), Chevalier De Martino (marine painter to the late Queen Victoria), Major the Hon Derek Keppel, Lieut. Sir Charles Gust—the last two as equerries—and Mr John Anderson, C.M.G., of the Colonial Office, who will he his Royal Highness's private secretary in official matters. The Duke and Duchess will land in Newfoundland on October 21st, and stay in the island three days. LONDON, February 23. Mr John Anderson, C.M.G., who is to accompany the r Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. MELBOURNE, February 21. ■ It is. expected that the festivities in connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will cost about £IOO,OOO, and will be extended over a week. SYDNEY, February 22. The Governor-General (Lord Hopetoun) has submitted for Mr Chamberlain's approval the following time-table for the Duke of Cornwall's movements in Australia: Arrive at Melbourne on May 6th, .open the Federal Parliament on the 9th, and leave on the 17th. 1 Arrive at Brisbane on May 20th. and leave on the 25th. Arrive at Sydney on May 27th, and leave on June Bth. Arrive in New Zealand on June 12th, and leave on the 28th. Arrive at Hobart on July Ist, and leave on the 6th. Arrive at Adelaide on July 9th, and leave on the 15th. Arrive at Perth on July 19th, and leave Australia on the 24th of that month SYDNEY, February 23. Lord Hopetoua has sanctioned the programme for the stay of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in Melbourne

The chief events are landing at St. Hilda, and the procession through the streets .on May 6th ; the opening of Lite Commonwealth Parliament on the 9th; a military review on the 10th; a visit to Ballarat ~ where his Royal Highness will lay the foundation of the monument to the soldiers who have fallen in South Africa, on the 13th; and a shooting expedition up-country .on the 16th. The intervening days will be devoted to vari- ; ous social and public functions. All the invitations to the celebrations are being forwarded by Mr Barton, as Federal Premier, on behalf of the Victorian Government. Lady Mary Lygon, who is one of toe Ladies-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Cornwall, is a sister of Earl Beauchamp, and accompanied . her brother during » his Governorship cf New South Wales. Laav Katherine Grey C’oke is another of the Ladies-in-Waifcing. Prince Alexander of 'reek is a brother of the Duchess of York. He is a captain in the 7th Hussars, and served in the present war. Viscount Crichton is a captain in the Royal Horse Guards, and has teen acting as aide-de-camp to Major Brockiehurst. The Duke cf Roxburgh** served in the present war with the Household Cavai r y Composite F. eg i m e>n t. Dr Manby is Surgeon Apothecary to the Duke of York. The Commencl ator e de Martino was Marino. Painter-in-Ordinary to the late Quezon, and was formerly painter to Dom Pedro li. of Brazil. His best •known work is a series of four paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar. Major the Hon. W. G. Derek Keppel, Equery-iu-Wa-iling to the Duke cf York, is a. sen of the Earl of Alleemarke and a major m the 12th Middlesex Civil Service Rifles. Lieutenant Sir Charles L. Oust, R.N., is naval equerry to the Duke. Sir John Anderson, K.C.M.G., was attached to the staff for the Behring Sea arbitration in London and Paris, 1392-93. and was In 1397 secretary to the Conference of Colonial Premiers with Mr Chambe.rl-ain. ~