and beautiful character of her who
was your first Patron and with whose name the Hospital will now be
associated for all time." At the University of Sydney the Royal visitor
was given an honorary degree amid the amusing chaff of a reception which
was as hearty and enthusiastic as it was hilarious. A Citizen's Concert
followed in the evening, and on the next day His Royal Highness
conferred fourteen hundred medals upon volunteers who had returned from
the war. In the afternoon there was a brilliant garden party at
Government House. On Sunday a sermon was listened to at St. Andrew's
Cathedral, preached by Archbishop Saumarez Smith, and Monday being the
Duke's birthday was observed as a public holiday. In the afternoon a
visit was paid to the Young People's Industrial Exhibition where five
thousand school children sang a special Ode for the occasion. In the
afternoon the Duke departed for a couple of days shooting, and the
Duchess visited the neighbouring Blue Mountains.

On June 6th, after a very cordial "send-off" from the people, the Royal
party boarded the _Ophir_ and started for Auckland, New Zealand. Five
days later they found that loyal city alive with enthusiasm, crowded
with people and decorated to the extreme limit. They were welcomed by
the Governor, Lord Ranfurly and the Premier, Mr. R. J. Seddon. The
latter presented an address in a superb casket made of New Zealand wood
and gold, silver, and enamel, in the shape of a Maori war canoe. The
ceremony of presentation and the reply occurred on board ship.
Immediately upon landing the Duchess touched the key of a telegraph
instrument, and flags waved and guns roared a welcome in every city and
town of New Zealand. The popular welcome in the streets was tumultuous
and the arches particularly impressive, while one of the incidents of
the Royal progress to Government House was a living Union Jack composed
of two thousand children dressed to fit the design. In the afternoon
eleven addresses were received, and during his reply the Duke said: "I
look forward to making known to His Majesty how strong I have found the
feeling of common brotherhood and readiness to share in the
responsibilities of the Empire, and earnestly trust that the results of
the journey maybe to stimulate the interest of the different countries
in each other, and so draw even closer the bonds which now unite them."

ROYAL WELCOME IN NEW ZEALAND

A state dinner followed this event and an evening Re