The Archive · 1926

The Royal Tour to Australia

itinerary of Duke and Duchess of York: Via Panama The itinerary of the forthcoming! tour of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia and New Zealand is officially announced as follows:

'Their Royal Highnesses will leav Portsmouth on January 6, and wil sail vid Las Palmas to' Jamaica, where they will arrive on January 20. They will stay three days in Jamaica, after which they will proceed vid the Panama Canal to Suva, arriving there on February 17. They stay two days in Fiji, and will then proceed to Auckland, where they will arrive on February 22.

After spending two days in An land, their Royal Highnesses will visit various parts of the North Island of New Zealand, including Rotorua, and will reach' Wellington, on March 5, where they will remain for three days. They will then tour the South Island, visiting the West Coast, Christchurch, Dunedin, ard Invcreargill, and will sai] for' Australia on March 22,

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