THE ROYAL TOUR.
ARRIVAL AT MELBOURNE. ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. MELBOURNE, April 2.1. The Renown reached Port Philip early in the morning, and latex was escorted up the bay by Australian warships. The weather was not propitious. Heavy showers fell in the night and the morning was cold and. showery despite which the great crowds gathered on the foreshores and along the lino of the procession through the gaily decorated streets which the Royal party followed after the landing, and gave the Duke and Duchess of York a rousing welcome. The functions included the firing of a salute of twenty-one guns in honour of the first birthday of the Princess Betty. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 22 April 1927, Page 7
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110THE ROYAL TOUR. Wairarapa Age, 22 April 1927, Page 7
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