DUKE DEEPLY TOUCHED BY BRITISH FAREWELL.
DECLARES HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND WITH PLEASURABLE ANTICIPATION. [By Special Correspondent on 11.M.5. Renown at Sea ] (Received January 8, 10.10 a.m.) The Duke of York, in a statement, said that he had beeii <Jeeply touched by the warmth and spontaneity of the farewells at London and Portsmouth, as well as in the course of the railway journey, and regarded these demonstrations of friendship as the happiest auguries for the success of his visit to Australia and New Zealand, to which he was looking forward with the most pleasurable anticipation. THEIR HIGHNESSES BOTH AT HOME ABOARD THE GIANT BATTLE-CRUISER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. • (Received January 8, 10.10 a..m.) SYDNEY, January 8. A message from H.M.S. Renown states that their Highnesses were shown over the ship. , . J m pdel of H.M.S. Renown in the ward-room was an object of special attention. Both are obviously at home afloat, where there is extreme comfort. The great battle-cruiser is unaffected by the choppv sea. , A Io " don cable says: The most reproduced photograph of the departure of the Duke and Duchess of York shows the Prince of Wales kissing the Duchess on the deck of H.M.S. Renown
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18049, 8 January 1927, Page 2
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