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PRINCE OF WALES' TOUR RETURN JOURNEY STARTED (Brillsn Official Wireless.) Bee. 2 j>.in. 11l lil'iV,, April 10. The Prince of Wales, who is <\ui< lo arrive in London ilbolll April 28 from his African tour, left Khartoum by air today for Cairo., about I.oob miles away. Ai i iiinpauv lug ii:c plane in which Ihe Prince travelled were nine others ol the •Vi'lh squadr Ihe Km-a I Air Loire. A start was mad.' al about 6 o clock this morning, ami alter lour hours tin' 10 machines had readied .Uhara. i he Prince alighted at the railway and breakfasted with the general manage;' ol the railway in a, Pullman car. Tie was oli again in aboul 40 minutes, and Wadi llalia. oii'the Nile, was reached al about noon. Here his Royal Highness launched with Mr. Jackson, Governor of the province. Alter lunch the llight was resumed to Assouan, which was reached at 4.00 o'clock this afternoon. The ; Prince will stay the night there, continuing his journey to-morrow. ilo will arrive at Cairo soon after midday, King Elllid will meet him. Before leaving Khartoum the I'rinue said bo had enjoyed the rest, and complete holiday in the Sudan immensely.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17237, 17 April 1930, Page 8
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