THE ROYAL TOUR.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12064, 28 May 1920, Page 8

THE ROYAL TOUR.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Eeceived May 28, noon Melbourne, May 28

The Prince made his first formal speech at the official dinner at Parliament House whi.b was a brilliant function. He paid warm tribute to Australia's part in the war, including the women. He spoke of the fifetingness tbat the Australian ship Anzac should have brought him to Melbourne. He was impressed by the passage through the Australian Fleet which was a splendid example of the forethought and enterprise of the Australian people, who must feel proud of their navy, realising the important part it played in the war. Referring to Australia's responsibilities, he said she had won her spurs in the war an/1 taken her place in the Council of the Nations, and will become a mandatory power responsible for the well-being and protection of the large uncivilised population in the late German possessions. • He was proud that she had undertaken this responsibility. The people's welome touched him most deeply and he would never forget the friendly greetings and the magnificence of the arrangements. He did not, as a rule, move about in such pomp and ceremony and would feel uncomfortable if that was the only method in which thay were going to allow him to travel about thn- country. He already knew the Australians through the war and needed no further introduction to niaka them regard him as one of themselves. The whole proceedings, including the speeches of welcome by Messrs Hughes and Tudor, were marked by the greatest enthusiasm.