PRINCE OF WALES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14128, 28 May 1920, Page 5

PRINCE OF WALES.

AN OFFICIAL DINNER FIRST SPEECH IN AUSTRALIA. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Friday, 12.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Prince, in his iirst formal speech at the official dinner at Parliament House, which was a brilliant function, paid a warm tribute to Australia’s part in the war, including the women. He spoke of the fittipgness that an Australian ship, the Anzac, should have brought him to Melbourne. He was impressed by the passage through the Australian ileet, which was a splendid example of the forethought and enterprise. The Australian people must feel proud of their navy when they realised the important part it had played in the war. . "N -’A TAi

Referring to Australia’s responsibilities, the Prince said that she hail'won her .&putS‘'br* thevwar,y'attdfehad tflfcen Her place in the council of nations. She had become a'.mandatory power'responsible for the w;ell-being *ind protection of a large, uncivilised population in a iate German possession. He was proud that she had undertaken this rc&ponsi-..! bility.

The people ’s welcome touched him most deeply. He would never forget the friendly greetings and the mggnifi,-. cent arrangements. He already knew the Australians through the war, and they needed no further introdhetion to make them regard him as one of themselves.

The whole proceedings, including the speeches of welcome of Messrs Hughes and Tudor, were marked with the greatest enthusiasm.