t speech delivered in which
reference was made to the event as being a testimony to "that living
spirit of race, of pride in a common heritage and of a fixed resolve to
join in maintaining that heritage; which sentiment, irresistible in its
power, has inspired and united the peoples of this vast Empire." A
log-chopping contest was then witnessed followed by an _impromptu_ visit
to inspect an arch in a poor and squalid part of the city. Another
Reception was held in the evening accompanied by illuminations on sea
and land. The succeeding day saw a review of two thousand troops, the
presentation of war medals, a children's demonstration, a trades'
procession, a Reception by the Mayor in the City Hall with the singing
of a special Ode, and illuminations and a fire brigade procession in the
evening. Sunday was spent quietly and then the Royal yacht sailed for
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

IN SOUTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Here the Duke and Duchess were formally received on July 8th by the
Lieutenant-Governor, Lord Tennyson, and his Ministers, and
enthusiastically welcomed in crowded and tastefully decorated streets,
bathed in a bright and genial sunshine. There were four arches--though
L2000 of the grant had been expended on the poor instead of on temporary
decorations. At the Town-Hall an address was received and at the the
same time twelve hundred homing pigeons were liberated to carry news of
the Royal arrival to all parts of the State. A state banquet followed in
the evening and after the Levee on the next day a number of addresses
were received. Meanwhile the Duchess visited the two local hospitals.
Her Royal Highness also attended a football match in the afternoon and
received a brilliant assemblage of people in the evening--the Duke
being compelled to have a tooth extracted. On the succeeding day the Art
Gallery was visited and a bust of the late Lord Tennyson unveiled and an
honorary degree accepted from the Adelaide University by His Royal
Highness, who also laid the corner-stone of a new building in connection
with this institution. Later, a demonstration of six thousand children
was attended and a Reception held in the evening. The next day was
devoted to shooting and to seeing an exhibition of sheep-shearing,
bullock-riding and buck-jumping, with a military Tattoo in the evening
and the usual spectacle of brilliant illuminations. The last day, but
one, in South Australia included in its programme t