ROYAL VISITOR ARRIVES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 5

ROYAL VISITOR ARRIVES

Tumultuous Welcome To Dominion ROUND OF OFFICIAL CEREMONIES Spectacular Procession Through Capital GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF LOYALTY Gay City Alive With Atmosphere of Carnival (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, t his day. New Zealand's loyalty to the Throne and Empire was strikingly demonstrated to-day in the tumultous welcome Wellington gave the Duke of Gloucester on Lis arrival in the capital city.

" The scenes of .enthusiasm and displays of affection which marked the procession through the city of the King’s third son will take their place as a record of a memorable occasion, and the people’s joyous reception of the representative of the Crown. The thunder of the Royal Salute and the picturesque enactment of harbor pagontry were memories as His Royal Highness touched New Zealand soil at 10.20 a.m. to begin a round of official ceremonies.

Patches of blue sky peeped through the grey clouds, giving promise of a return of the sun that has ruled Wellington daily for the past six weeks. Hours before H.M.A.S. Australia crept alongside Pipitea wharf, the city was alive with excitement in an atmosphere of carnival and fete reserved for such occasions. Every avenue of approach to the waterfront was thronged with people eager to catch the first glimpse of the Prince, and enthusiasm mounted when the soldierly figure of His Royal Highness stepped down the gangway to inspect the guard of honor. ITe acknowledged the cheering with a ready smile —a smile, of sincerity by which New Zealanders will remember him.