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age 748 The Guardian-Patriot, Monday, July 27, 1959 M es “Of R ba 1 conse sumer of persona tn| Pap Comomsis Soteod ir eat ine arti ns anes tte gage weeonper| iLemories Ot Royalty fer Sess mg me ee son (Goveramest"dminisrator [ot the ince and. ste To was

A i es J. os ‘ ‘ : o ' son (Government to pass , ‘Cherished By Island ===) =" | Be be for the Colonial Building: and! ner, preceded by Galbraith’s band'most brilliant procession e ve 7 s Probably nowhere in the. Com- re whe via tithe City Hall . £ * occur- oe @)\monwealth is there a greater Revaly We Oe years intr in 180] wa successfully photographeo

attachment for the Crown than ‘scinnes , in, Canada’s smallest province —| Duke of Connaught, third son- of ite |

Prince’ Edward Island. Divided) Queen Victoria, who many years

4 aaah the = fe into three counties these” are|later became Governor General eat sees aoe a cE Henown ais Prince, Queens awd) °F Canada_and visited Prince Ed-| oon. snd his band ~ * A co ware Island again in that capa- = S, providing a distinct Royal city. His first visit) as a youth sweet music for the entertain d tty ._jof 19 was a colorful affair. ment of our citizens on Queen ’ 3 Its record of Royal visits dates Square, during the afternoon. In to the middle of the nineteenth}GENERAL HOLIDAY . a eee, oe eae 2 century and accounts bear out Prince : ce, Hall = the warmth of reception accord-| = oon ka rick’s Hall, and nearly all the - ed the distinguished visitors, | "*#¥ evening about 8 o'clock. | surrounding Rages The current visit of Queen Eliz-| W@S aboard H.M.S. “Dart” which , as, well as many different parts of the City,

abeth and His Royal Highness anchored off Queen's wees, Prince Philip adds yet another} Monday was observed as a bright chapter~to the history of|eral holiday, the city being gaily|fireworks on Queen Square, the Province. 3 decorated, ‘and the weather fine|tracting a large number in tha’ : and agreeable. Following a levee| direction. Between nine and ten. -

CENTURY AGO at Government house at -which|a large bonfire, kindled on Roch-

Almost~one hundred years ago} presentations were made, the|ford Square, in the direct route é s in August 1860, a similar event] Prince proceeded to an arch near from Government House to are took place. It was the. visit of + ae ~ 3 | H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of = r =| Wales, eldest son of Queen Vic- :

re | |toria, who later became Edward|} . i Sr .| VII and the greai srandfather of | WELCOME TO PEI. . .o : “@ \the ‘present Sovereign. -

The then. Prince of Wales vie-| ' *lited Canada vo open the great! ~ ‘

sy. | bridge over the St. Lawrence at +> ~|Montreal. The legislature of this -*‘\colony then in séssion, embrac-

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bs ; fe i the opportumity of inviting him ee } \ — <= here, through Governor Dundas. : \ a : erik ~= ~ |His Royal Highness graciously ac- 2 ae . quiesced, and the legislature there a"

upon voted a sum af money “to defray all expense of the recep-| tion. |

IN GAY MOOD ABOARD BRITANNEA _........-. The Prince left England on the; 10th of July on board the war-,

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, British Royalty has visited Can-) 1901 — Duke and Duchess of/his visit to the Prince Edward! . . TR. ioe es ada on several previous occasions|Cornwall, later King George Vj|Island capital on the 9th of Aug.’ ee < - @uring the past 167 years, aver-| and Queen Mary. ust. - | \\Y ~ : hf

aging one visit every 12 years.! i919 — Prince Edward, Prince |

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lier Royal visits to this country:|now Duke of Windsor. an ie of the Prince of Wales. 1792 — Prince Edward, fourth A : : o the Province excited great in-)

gon of King Geconge HI, later ae aoe oe che terest, not only to Prince Ed-|

Duke of Kent and father.of Queen! 1 soar Kent. brother, ward Islanders but in the neigh-!

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1860 — Prince Albert Edward.| 1939 — Their Majesties King Prince of Wales, later King Ed-|George VI and Queen Elizabeth. ward VII. 1951 — Princess Elizabeth a nd

1861-—_ Prince Alfred Ernest,'the Duke of Edinburgh 17-year-old younger brother of the! 1957 — Queen Plizabeth and late King Edward VI, visited‘H. R. H. Prince Philip.

bouring provinces as well, for on the 8th instant several steamers’ and other vessels arrived in_port) from Pictou, Cape Breton, Shed-

reds of excursionists on Board The Volunteers from the rural]

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Canada informally while-a mid-| 1958 — Princess Margaret. districts turned cut in goodly! : shores. 2 oe . ee ee : shipman in the Royal Navy. 1958 — H. R. H. Prince Philip. |nunybers to assist in bidding the! eee 1870 — Prince Arthur, third son! In addition to these Royal vis-|/Royal guest a hearty welcome, | : : of Queen Victoria, later Duke of|its was the stay in Canada of|and the city was thronged by afl) Connaught who was appointed| Primces Louise. daughter of}|classes to do him honour. f RESTAURANT MARITIME STEEL & FOU NDRIES [TD Governor-General of Canada in/Queen Victoria and popular chat-| Entertainment included a “na . * 1911. * lelaine at Rideau Hall during the| (horseback) round Royalty, fire- ; 1 . - 1884 .— Prince George, later|regime of her husband, the Mar-|works in the evening and a ball! Charlottetown, P. E. 1. Charlottetown PEL. George V, a midshipman on H.M.|quis of Lorne. as Governor-Gen-jand banquet at Government! : : ; e @S. Canada. eral of Canada from 1878 to 1883. | House. ; nny ~ ‘ F 4 : 1 o ? 4 \ Z ~*~ 4 Pease : ' : ; ~*~ oe ? 0? ( (0) in ? , 7 , | | eee ! , si 1 8 on 3 \ \ a e i Aa os . a 5 é oo ele ' We bid Queen Elizabeth Il and Prince Philip , welcome to our fair Island. We hope their a Le stay will be both pleasant and memorable, a

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