PRICE HENRY'S TOUR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18584, 19 December 1934, Page 15

PRICE HENRY'S TOUR

NTHUSIASTIC WELCOMES i%>ii» "■» »*.';»**•-* r ' HASTINGS AND NAPIER POLO THIS AFTERNOON I,; : 1 ' ■:' ■ ■ '•' I' -v: i .-W (Per Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. Hastings’ welcome to the Duke of loucester was one of quality and unstrained enthusiasm,i an unforgettable jht being the sea Jbf ".waving flags* ich conveying its Toyvu acclamation. At the racecourse, as <a memento of ie occasion, the Duke was asked to ;cept a basket of this season’s peaches om fruitgrower of' the district. In reply to the welcome, His Royal igiiness said: “I know that asi a soldier id a lover of sport I shall find myself , home among you, and it gives me 'eat pleasure to meet ex-servico men ho bore so conspicuous a part in the reat War. I offer my sincere sympathy i all who suffered bereavement or loss

the terrible disaster over three years {o, and I am thankful to see that you ivo been able to romovo all traces of 10 damage caused. I earnestly hope lat in future the people of this district ill be rewarded with years of plenty id prosperity.” ■ Speaking extempore' to the children, e thanked them for attending, and inounced that he had secured an extra ay’s .holiday for them. A wreath-was laid on the Cenotaph, id following a short motor tour the rinoe visited the hospital, speaking to veriUßatientls in the wards. His Woyat Highness later rejoined ie train for Napier, where 6000 adults id 4000 children participated in a imonstration at McLean Park, "where is Royal Highness made another lastg impression. Departing from the [ranged programme at the -end' of the iception, he walked round the entire round amid’, scenes of great enthusiasm td to qf resounding leers, flying headgear, and fluttering and flags. His reply to the speeches welcome expressed admiration for tho >urage shown by the people 1 of Napier the . the complete restoration’and bealitifiition of the town, ■"’■w "May you’ be spared long to - Chjoy ves of happiness, free from anxiety id trouble,” he added. j As. at Hastings, his remarks to ehildm were extempore, and the cheers vailed those of the southern town .when e announced, an extra day’s holiday. The Duke-in public is to-day wearing grey lounge suit with a carnation. in ie buttonhole, . After his arrival at the asonic Hotel; where he was accorded lother reception by the waiting crowds, a appeared on thei balcony hatlesS, and aved to the assembled sightseers. This afternoon the Duke is returning > Hastings for a game of polo, with the ,cal club. He is dining at the Hawke s lay Club,. Napier.

ADDRESSES OF WELCOME ! /> . EQUIPMENT Gisborne Sound Systems, in conjuncon with Station 2ZJ, Gisborne, will perate the public address system at ie reception to the Duke of Gloucester b the Childers road reserve on Thursay afternoon, and at the Trafalgar otuntwi on Thursday evening. At tlb reserve the loud-speaker equiplent tful be used only, for the actual ddresses of welcome and ,rcply> and to linimise any accoustal re-echo, the batery of loud-speakers will be housed on, he roof of the grandstand, two .direcional horns being used for frontal overage, arid baffle speakers for 60 deree side coverage. The directional horns rill be so placed for the beam of sound o converge about 40yds. in front of re dais, the triangle within this limit eing kept purposely free from coverge to offset any possibility qf the 2ZJ Aerophones on the dais picking up the elayed accouJtical feed' from the loudpeakers which would Affect the quality l the wireless broadcast. For Thursday’s night entertainment t the Trafalgar Rotunda the louflpeakers will be housed) on the roof of ie South British Insurance Company s adding at the comer Of Gladstone road nd Read’s quay. Here again direcional horris will bo employed to give a. overage over an area commencing from he Haiti bridge and extending .along he Haiti esplanade as far as the aproach to the William Pettie bridge, ■he immediate lawn and elope near the min platform at the rotunda will be aade a dead centre to offset the possilility of tiny supplementary pick up. ’he”'equipment will be utilised during he night for the amplification of the diole programme, and members of the niblic will ' -hear distinctly ‘from the Caiti side of the river; . .