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Title: The web of empire : a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, 1841-1919 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, ill Martino, Eduardo de, d. 1912
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953
Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and company, limited
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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Mint, which supplies visible and tangiblehe recent prosperity of t; try. Twelve Western Australia wa lemore back- ward of the Colonies, because special attractions for the more enterpriseAll this was changed by the disco<old, and the progress since made.of Sir John Forrest as Premier, is very reI have abundant proof in a pile ofrmation about the population, revenue, railways,etc., but it is too bulky to go into a diary of modestdin; Trade is flourishing, but the prospect is it ofe^a^oo^T g3a HTiiaa cMa<* fr&wii sht hi .s+ JAYOfl 3IH MOM 8JAQ3M ^AW JH3HT OmvrdDSX l 883HHOIH there is aschool-, imilar to the one lumbers, it is said, amounter songs and musical dri ition of pretty girls offer as gifts forhome silver models of a swkangaroo, and express theth •figures of the v -attires in after year lembrance of the young ibers in this far-off •pire. their Royal Highnesses visit theere the director, Mr. Le Souef,le occasion, a hundred laughit with a whirr, and pe: ich they give
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or ix WESTERN AUSTRALIA 325 their peculiar music. The Royal party then moveon to the Oval near by, where the Afghans ofMenzies, a town on the edge of the great desert, showa camel race, and present to their Royal Highnessesa richly caparisoned animal called the King, bred inSouth Australia. In presenting it, Hassan Musa Khandeclares that all the Afghans, whether British subjectsor not, are as loyal and law-abiding as any other Britishsubjects, of whatever colour they may be. Some members of the suite spend the afternoonwith Sir John Forrest in visiting the great water-workswhich are being constructed to supply with good waterfor drinking and industrial purposes the Koolgardie andKalgourlie goldfields, nearly 400 miles distant. Theenormous dam by which a valley is converted into areservoir is approaching completion, and the big steelpipes for conveying the water are being made rapidlyon the spot by a new process which is shown in allits details. Sir John Forrest, who is 2 thoroughlypra

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