On Tuesday the Duke and Duchess of York, who arrived
this week in Natal, were present at a great public reception and review in Pietermaritzburg. - Not only did the Duke and Duchess witness a most striking ceremony. in the presentation to them of an address by fifty-five Zulu 'chiefs, but they saw a contingent of the war-worn troops 'of the Empire, represent- ing the soldiers from England, seotraiia, and Ireland, from Canada and Australia, from India; from the Cape, and from Natal itself, who have for the past two years been serving the State with their life-blood. It is no exaggeration to say, that nowhere else in the world could such a spectacle have been witnessed. The Duke andlDuchess have seen the geographical Erapire. In Natal they realised the spirit which holds the Empire together, which 'makes it great, and will keep it so.
