THE PRINCE OF WALES.
INTEREST IN HIS TOUR. CROWD SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM CABIN DECORATED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tei. Copyright . (Received Jan. 17, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 16. The liner Oropesa, which the Prince of Wales will join at Santander (Spain) on Sunday, was given a great send-off from Liverpool, all aboard (nearly 600), together with the crowd at the landing stage, singing “ God Save the King.” They were led by ninety expert British workmen, who are going to Bermuda in connection with a £500,000 contract for new hotel which was won by a London firm in the face of keen foreign competition. All available accommodation on the Oropesa was booked within a few days of the announcement' that the Prince was making the voyage by her. There are 150 flrst-class passengers, including prominent business men and their wives who are going to Buenos Aires for an exhibition of trade activities. A party of Lverpool flower girls went aboard the vessel before its Geparture, and decorated the Prince’s private quarters with flowers. The purser has arranged a dance, a concert, or a whist-drive, every night of the four weeks’ voyage.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18229, 17 January 1931, Page 5
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189THE PRINCE OF WALES. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18229, 17 January 1931, Page 5
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