THE FRINGE OF WALES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16033, 26 January 1920, Page 3

THE FRINGE OF WALES.

"PROUD TO BE BRITISH*

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

LONDON, January 24. The Prince of Wales was banqueted by the Goldsmiths’ Company. In referring to the Dominions, the Prince said that Ids modest public services in recent years had brought him into touch with the splendid character and public devotion of his fellow subjects throughout the Empire. The Prince continued ; “W T e may all be proud to be British subjects. I am intensely proud to be a British subject, particularly now that I have started travelling round the Empire and seeing something of the Dominions for myself. Anyone who has been in Canada cannot help being proud of being a Britisher. I think I shall find the same thing in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and I am confident that there is no better example of public spirit and patriotism I have to follow for the rest of my life than the example of my fellow countrymen.”

The Prince was admitted to the Goldsmiths’ Company.

THE AUSTRALASIAN YISIT. EOEECAST OP ARRANGEMENTS. LONDON, January 24. The Sunday Times gives an authoritative forecast of arrangements for the Prince of "Wales’ visit to Australasia; The Renown, whose decks of steel are beinw covered with teak owing to the heat 3 in the tropics, leaves Portsmouth about March 15th, where the King and Queen will bid the Prince good-bye on tbe quarter deck. The staff accompanying the Prince will be similar to the Canadian lour, with several additions, but the official historian of the tour has not yet been selected. The Prince will probably land at Melbourne first, as did the King and Queen, but Perth is pressing its claims. After touring New Zealand tbe Prince is Expected to return to Australia, embarking at Sydney and going homeward through Suez, arriving in England towards the end of September.