21 AUGUST 1909, Page 1
It is announced that the Prince of Wales will visit
South Africa next year and open the Union Parliament. Sir Francis Hopwood, Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, will be a member of the Staff. We are very glad indeed to learn that the Prince of Wales, who we hope will be accompanied by the Princess, will typify by his presence the simple but strong bond which ties all the Dominions to the person of the King. The Prince opened the Parliament of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901, and he could not do better than mark the most important event in the history of South Africa by acting on that precedent.
