THE PRINCES ABROAD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21258, 12 February 1931, Page 9

THE PRINCES ABROAD

SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR. MOTOR TRIP IN' PERU. (United press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LIMA (Peru), February 10. Callao and Lima made ready to-day to give an enthusiastic welcome to the Prince of Wales and Prince George when they arrive to-morrow. The Princes touched Peruvian soil first yesterday at Cabo Blanco, motoring through Lobitos and Negritos to Talara, where the party was feted at the Peruvian Club, then proceeded to Paita, where they embarked on the Oropesa for the run to Callao. GREAT OILFIELDS VISITED. VANCOUVER, February 10. A message from the Oropesa states that the Prince of Wales was busily engaged to-day. One of the main phases of his visit to South America is the study of the industrial and commercial life of the continent. For several hours on Monday he motored through nearly 100 miles of the great oilfields in Northern Peru, largely controlled by English and Canadian interests. The Prince of Wales and Prince George, on leaving Cabo Blanco, were whisked by motor car at 1000 feet altitude for less than two miles along a road bristling with hairpin bends cut in the beetling mountain side. At El Alto the Prince found a modern settlement with clubs and hospitals in the midst of country yielding 7000 barrels of oil a day. He" watched with interest the process of cleaning a well, and saw hundreds of feet of piping inserted. Further on drilling was in operation. The Prince was surprised to learn that the machinery was of American manufacture, and that no British maker specialised in drilling machinery.