PRINCE IN NEW ZEALAND.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14040, 24 April 1920, Page 4

PRINCE IN NEW ZEALAND.

. . '{ppj. Prp rt .^ ? Assootation.l AITKI.ANIX April •_'(. --• -Arrived. lU.HO a.m. -Renown. . iTh», awning broke dull, with the sun appearing fttt'utK through a lo«-Iymg ~~'cV>a& Bank, which partially i)lw:uwl c r.hendfcinds fustwanl of tike city As the honrs passed the ■»«« gamed the a-ceiid-though not fully dissipating the clouda. and"tbw scene on the harbor it;i« animated. The water- were dotted with rachts and motor hoar.-, fnrmmg twii lines oat- past- North Head, round which at 10 o'clock the Renown vra.- -lowly ' feeling; her-way into the harbor. ->he "proceeded to "the anchorage, where a ''medical examination wa- ..|U>ckty got through, and the vessel was (northed i»--t Before noon. • Ewrv vantage point on the n-mg jjrQOnds round about the harbor ra=w- - -cHpied bv thousands, of people, who were able therefrom to obtain a tine view «>f "the whole .scene. The foreshore and streets abutting thereon also held their fall quotas of sightseers. '"""""Xjls soon as the Governor had palled on the Prince and the Prime Minister and '.' tois colleagues had paid their respect.- . also, the Prince landed and drove to - Government House, where he received an address from the Government at the hands of the Premier. Returning to tne- wharf gate*, the Prince was ofhciallvi welcomed l<y the Chairnuvn *>t - the Harhor Board, and he then proceeded to the Town Flail and received an - address from the Mayor and Council on behalf :or\|he citizens. The streets were gaily decorated and crowded with thousands of cheering people,, the band* playing patriotic airs. the whole making up one of the roost brilliant -mies ever witnessed m Auckland., . - When the Renown rounded North Head on entering the harbor the forts fired-a Royal salnte. and the yachts also sainted the warship as she pa-sod through .their lrne>. Thegrini- war line* of the huge battleship were, softened down by her hohdav coat of light grey, but a reminder of "the fact that the ship some tiroes may have-sterner bti.-ines- in hand was lent to the scene by the appearance of an aeroplane circling overhead.