PRINCES’ AMERICAN TOUR
AEROPLANE TOUR OF PERU.
SPEECH IN SPANISH TONGUE.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
Rec. 11 p.m. Arequipa, Feb. 15. The Prince of Wales, Prince George and their entourage left Las Palmas military field at. noon to-day in a three-motoreo' aeroplane and arrived at Arequipa, their destination, four and a-half hours later. They will spend several days in the southern Peruvian regions. The princes saw one of the grandest volcanos of the Peruvian Andes to-day on the way from Lima. The aeroplane before landing circled over Mount Misti. The Prince of Wales was greeted at the landing field by the Prefect of the Department of Arequipa, the Mayor of the city and the British Consul and thousands of other people. The prince replied in Spanish to the speech of welcome by the Mayor. The prince’s speech greatly delighted the thousands gathered on Poronogoche Field where the plane landed. The Princes motored to Afequipa and at the city hall were given the freedom of the city by the Mayor. Later they received greetings from the British colony.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1931, Page 7
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