ROYAL TOUR RESUMED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18594, 3 January 1935, Page 7

ROYAL TOUR RESUMED

NEW PLYMOUTH REACHED

WEATHER AGAIN FINE

ANXIOUS NIGHT ON TRAIN

(Par Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this (lay. With the arrival of the Royal train at Waiongona at 8,40 o’clock this morning, a period of some anxiety for the railway authorities ended. Torrential rain fell from the time the train left Huntervillo until Stratford was passed tills morning, and there was some apprehension as to whether tho train would be able to negotiate the new trunk; line between Okahukura and New Plymouth on account ■ of tho excessive overflows of water. T, he'line Was patrolled for the entiro length throughout the night ahead of the passage of ’the Royal train,‘and from the time of departure from National Park to the arrival at Waiongona for breakfast, the train was not once pulled up, except tho service stop at Tangarakau for water. After negotiating two sections at low speed, the train pulled into Waiongona ns the minute hand of the clock touched 5.4.0.- The.’performance was a notablo one for Mr. Sterling and h.is train staff. Early risers on the Royal train saiv two touching evidences of loyalty to tho Throne. One was on the outskirts of Stratford, when an unknown workman, crouched under tho meagre shelter of the hedge, doffed his cap in the drenching rain as the train rushed past.' The other was on the fringe of Stratford station, where an elderly woman, smiling in the rain, held a cat above her shoulders and waved greetings with it. As has been the case in other contres,, the sun shone on the visit of tho Duke of Gloucester to Taranaki. The rain ceased at 8.30 a.m., and when His Royal Highness stepped to the station platform at New Plymouth the weather had regained its warm brilliance.

The main welcome took place in the beautiful Pukekura Park, where His Royal Highness expressed his pleasure at ’travelling through so important a dairying centre. “i am pleased to see your beautiful city,” he added, “and the far-famed Mount Egroont, which I have already admired from afar.”

From' New Plymouth, the Duke of Gloucester proceeded by train to Ha worn.

PRINCE AS ANGLER

SUCCESS AT TOKAANU

FOUR- TROUT LANDED

Fishing off the Delta at Tokaanu on Sunday .afternoon the Duke of Gloucester took four trout, the largest being a five-pounder. Although anglers had had success in this water in the forenoon the conditions in the afternoon were most unfavorable, the surface being smooth. Of his party, and possibly of the whole fishing fraternity in the neighborhood, tho Duke was the only rod to take fish. He used a grey and yellow fly fashioned to resemble a cockaJbully. In company with the conservator, Mr A. Keap, the Duke left Tokaanu wharf in a dinghy with an outboard engine. The anchor was dropped at the mouth of the Delta, not far from the wharf. After spending an unsuccessful half-hour there the Duke had his boat moved to the far rip, where members of his staff were in action from two boats. In another half-hour he hooked a good fighting fish and played it with skill. Darkness was approaching before lie gave up, his bag consisting of two fair-sized fish and two small ones. Before lunch on Sunday the Duke and his staff, guided by Mr R. Cobbe, manager of the Chateau, went for a ride on horseback over tho country east of the golf links. He was able to wear riding boots and had several merry gallops. . . Captain D r Schreiber, who rejoined the Duke’s staff, had five days of excellent fishing at Rotorua, spending two at Hamurana and three at Aiwahou, where the Duke was so -successful. Captain Schreiber took 45 fish altogether, the largest weighing Gib. anil the smallest 3slb- He was accompanied by the conservator, who has been responsible for all-fishing arrangements for the Royal tour.

THE VISIT TO SAMOA

8000 NATIVES TO ATTEND

AHA, Dec. 20. A meeting of citizens has been held to arrange for a fitting reception to the Duke of Gloucester in February. A programme was submitted to the Department of External Affairs in Now Zealand for approval. The native reception will be on a lavish scalp at Mulinu’u, and will take place on the first day, when addresses of welcome will bo made by High Chiefs Malietoa and Mata’afa, and over 8000 natives are expected to be present. The citizens will hold a ball at night, and present an address next morning. Iho streets and principal buildings will be decorated and there will be illuminations at night.