A PREVIOUS ROYAL VISIT.
/the duke of. Edinburgh in christchurch: There are many residents of this province who will remember the demonstrations in connection with the prey-bus Royal visit, when the' late. Duke of Edinburgh came to these shores.. It. was on April 23, 1869, . that .Prince Alfred arrived in Lyttelton. by the Galatea. He was received by the. Superintendent, the Hon W. Rolleston, amidst demonstrations of great enthusiasm and ! joy. '. The "Lyttelton Times", records that Christohurch had never presented sp truly .gay an appearance as on the day the, Prince came. The sight is described as a grand one, and it is stated that wherever a person gazed his eye was met by what anight literally he termed a thicket, of bunting, whilst all the houses in the principal thoroughfares were otherwise decked off in a manner never before attempted in the city. Mottoes, arches, bays, and banners were to be seen on every side. Ten thousand people were ranged along the route which the procession was to take. Large numbers assembled on the very housetops, and every window was crowded with spectators, who, in j_pme instances, paid handsomely for gcod positions. There was an extraordinary influx of country visitors, who sacrificed much time and travelled long distances in order that they might join Ihe citizens in the great and general rejoicings. A reception tent had been- erected olose to the railway station. Into this the Prince stepped, and here he wias presented with the inevitable addresses.' When the procession moved off, shortly afterwards,, there was an outburst of cheering and other popular demonstrations. The appearanoe of Ids Royal Highness was greeted with every- possible mode 6tf welcome. From the time the procession left the reception tent at the station, a large crowd waited upon the Royal, carriage, and continued, to keep pace with it to the finish. ' Upf Manchester Street; doirn Cashel Street, on to Oxford Terrace, and up Hereford Street, the procession passed between buildings lined with people, into Cathedral Square, and this, it is recorded, wa_ the culmteaeting point of the excitement. Up-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7132, 22 June 1901, Page 6
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347A PREVIOUS ROYAL VISIT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7132, 22 June 1901, Page 6
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