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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14702, 1 June 1920, Page 4

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£BY ELECTHIC TELEGBAFK —COPTBIGHT.] (Per Press Association.) (Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 1. at 9.25 a.m.: ! SYDNEY, J«ine 1. The militarv authorities have been instructed from' Melbourne to remove the names of .Terser and Hirschfield _ from the'depbrtatibii list pending reconsiderar tion of the matter. „ . MELBOURNE, June 1. The Prince iV staying : two days in .the country. He spent Sunday with •Mr Hughes, and enjoyed an exhilarating gallop to Mr Hughes' mountain home-at Sassafras, incidentally halting for billy tea. The Prince' Was delighted with t liis aspect of' Australian buSh life. Ho visited the CaulfitM military hospital on Monday, stopping at each bed to cheer the patients. ' ; One of- the soldiers asked if the Renown's band could visit the hospital, and the Prince consented. His' Highness was welcomed' bv 5000 soldiers. • sailors, and nurses, and presented with a golden soldiers paper-weight on a silver Australian map. The Prince, after condoling with the bereaved, expressed genuine deliglit at renewing acquaintance with innumerable soldiers. ' . , . , ' The Commonwealth is releasing butter stored for the Imperial contract to relieve the shortage. Mr Hughes despatched a farewell message to General Birdwood, appreciating his visit to Australia.