DUKE’S DUTIES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20504, 4 January 1935, Page 8

DUKE’S DUTIES.

Complete Itinerary for Christchurch. LENGTHY PROGRAMME. Every detail of the itinerary of the Duke of Gloucester while in Christchurch from January 19 to January 21 has been completed and the approved programme for the visit is as follows: Saturday, January 19. 12.5 p.m.—Arrive at Bridge of Remembrance, lay wreath and inspect ex-servicemen. 12.15 p.m.—Civic reception at Cranmer Square. 2.30 p.m.—Visit trotting meeting at Addington. 7.45 p.m.-—Dinner at Christchurch Club. 9.30 p.m.—Visit river carnival. Sunday, January 20. 11 a.m.—Aattend Divine service at Anglican Cathedral. Remainder of the day is free. Monday, January 21. 10.30 a.m. —Children’s gathering at Lancaster Park. 2.20 p.m.—Leave United Service Hotel for Sandilands. 2.30 p.m.—Arrive at Sandilands and lay the foundation stone of the returned soldiers’ settlement there. (Time, 20 minutes). 2.50 p.m.—Leave for Rannerdale Home. 3.5 p.m.—Visit Rannerdale (ten minutes). 3.15 p.m.—Leave for Public Hospital. 3.27 p.m.—Arrive at Public Hospital and walk through the wards, particularly visiting the children and the soldier patients in Chalmers Ward (25 minutes). 3.52 p.m.—Leave the hospital. 3.55 p.m.—Spend fifteen minutes at the Canterbury Club. 4.10 p.m.—Leave Canterbury Club and spend fifteen minutes at the Canterbury Officers’ Club. 4.28 p.m.—Leave Canterbury Officers’ Club for the United Service Hotel, arriving there at 4.39 o’clock. 6 p.m.—Leave hotel by motor for Lyttelton. On his arrival in Christchurch the Duke will travel to Cranmer Square by the following route: Along Oxford Terrace to Worcester Street, turning through Worcester Street into the Square and enterixig the Square on a left incline and turning again into the line of Colombo Street so as to pass in front of the Cathedral. From there through the Bank of New Zealand bottleneck to High Street and on to Manchester • Street, travelling along Manchester Street to the Manchester Street bridge. The Duke will then go along Oxford Terrace to Armagh Street and along Armagh Street to Cranmer Square, where the civic reception will take place. South Island Tour Starts To-morrow. DUKE WILL LAND AT PICTON. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester will land in the South Island for the commencement of the second portion of his New Zealand tour to-morrow morning. He will land at Picton in the morning, and will proceed to Blenheim, where a short stay will be made. Thence the Royal party will continue to Nelson, via Havelock. The Duke’s first meal in the South Island will be taken in Havelock, a township of some importance in the old days when the timber industry was booming, but now mainly a tourist and gold mining centre. The luncheon, which will strain the resources of the little town in the matter of accommodation, will probably be the most important event that has yet occurred in its history, and elaborate preparations are being made to ensure that it shall emerge from the test with honour. The West Coast. Nelson will be reached at 3.45 p.m. and the Duke will spend Sunday in that city. On the following day he will leave at 9 a.m. for Greymouth, making stops en route at Murchison, Inangahua and Westport, the cars travelling through the Buller Gorge and down the beautiful coast road from Westport to Greymouth. After the reception at Greymouth the Royal party will rejoin the train and proceed to South Beach, a few miles outside Greymouth, where the night will be spent. On Tuesday it will leave South Beach for Ross, stopping at Hokitika for twenty minutes. The Royal train is due at Ross at 10.55 a.m., and the party will then embark in motor-cars for the remainder of the trip to the Franz Josef Glacier, where it is due at 1.30 p.m. The Duke will stay at the Franz Josef Glacier till 5 p.m. the following day, and will rejoin the train at Ross at 7.30 p.m. The train will proceed to Dunedin by way of Arthur’s Pass and Rolleston, being due at Dunedin at 3.40 p.m. on January 10. On the trip south stops will be made at Timaru from 10 a.m. till 11 a.m., and at Oamaru from 12.20 p.m. to 1 p.m. In the South. The Duke will remain at Dunedin until noon on January 12, when he will leave for Invercargill, arriving there at 4.5 p.m., after stopping for a reception at Gore. At 10 p.m. the train will leave Gore for Lumsden, and will stay there the night. Private visits will be made on January 13 to Lake Te Anau, and the Eglinton Valley, by way of Lake Manapouri, and the party will return to Lumsden the same evening, leaving there for Kingston at 11.23 p.m. From there the Duke will leave the train, and continue his tour by car. He will leave Kingston at 9 a.m. on January 14 for Queenstown, and after half-an-hour’s stay there will proceed to Pembroke, departing from there almost immediately for Mount Cook, arriving about 7.30 p.m. After spending January 15 at the Hermitage the Duke will join the train again and will travel to Longbeach, where he will stay two days. On Saturday, January 19, he will leave Longbeach for Christchurch, arriving at noon, after spending fort3' minutes at Ashburton, where he will arrive at 10 a.m.

On Sunday, January 20, and Monday, January 21, the Duke will stay in Christchurch, and on the evening of January 21 his Royal Highness will embark on H.M.A.S. Australia at Lyttelton, whence he will sail at daylight the next day for the Bay of Islands.