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ia's capital, it is the oldest jégisiative building in Can- ada.

EARLY DAYS RECALLED ‘ Visitors entering the portico will note that the flagstones with which the lower hall is paved are worn in a deeply groved path

“On the first floor at opposite ends of the central corridor are two chambers allocated original- ly to the two Houses then form- ing the legislature of thé pro|, vince,—now amalgamated into a singie chamber. At..the east end is the legis-

chair facing the entrance,and the desks of the thirty members constituting the House arranged ip rows facing the chair.

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At the opposite end of the cor- ridor is the historic Confedere- | tion Chamber, originally the meeting place of the Legisiative Council of the Island.

This gracefully proporticned room with its air of simple dig- Rity and spaciousness ig an at- traction to all visitors to the

rail just inside the doorway— once the “bar” of the Upper House—the visitor has immedia- tely before him the massive ma- hegany tab'e covered with green baize around which the dele- gates of 1064 gathered ; Exactly as when us@d by the Fathers of Confederation are the 2% leather upholstered mahogany

Visit In 1951 Left Memories Of ‘Fairy Tale Come True

The date was November 9. 1951.!cade drove along McGill Aveaue occasion, the Roval visit of past sthe Sanatorium. ntess Elizabeth and the Duke | itiog with their fags was lof Edinb: urgh. '@ email group. of youngsters who The eight intervening vears may could not join the rest of the! ;not be considered long when one boys and girls. They were all

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On the Royal visit to Prince | Edward Island in 1939, the, Guard df Honour was composed | as ee of men picked from the Prince| ck e lower Edward Island Highlanders|anms OF PROVIN (Black Watch). The Commander. ave. of the Gurad was Capt. James Coles.

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came the 10th Province in 1949. On a ribband which encircles the Corinthian pilasters on eith- er side, and along the unoccup- The 27-year-old Island born air-|i@d portions of the upper and man, a member of the 412 Trans-, ower borders of the plaque, ap- port Squadron, has made many | Pear the names of -the twenty-

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jlooks back on the calendar of victims of polio. The Royal car Royal visits, but the inevitable slowed toa creep.-Their High-! jchanges wsought by time are! nesses made doubly sure that ' there jevery one of the little group got Today. Puly 2h is Her. a@ special personal smile’. 'Majesty Queen Elizabeth that the “That was the grandest story’ people of the Island welcome of the 1951 visit concludes tie

report.

GREAT DAY -FOR CHILDREN In retrospect. the 1]-hour Roval

| visit in 1951 “‘lived up to the most | ‘fervent expectations. and many

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fas charming interiudes in the of- ficial programme”

“It was a great day for the Idren.”” read the accounts. ;"“From all parts <:of the Island _| they came. by bus, car and trein. 1And not one of them went home disappointed at not being able to see and greet their own charming ' Princess and her gallant Prince.”

“Like a fairy tale come, true. il the Royal Couple was there be- i fore their eyes. almost . within it) itouching distancé, smiling back | | and even waving acknowledgment ; j /of their cheers and salutations | And the big shiny cars. im the |imposing motorcade didn't hur- ! py at ali” /“GRANDEST STORY” | Commenting further the reports state, ‘‘After the great demonstra- tions at the Provincial Building | i and City Hail where half the Pro- _ vince seemed to ‘have congrega- ted. the cheering and flag waving continued. Then on the way to iGovernment House the motor-

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a@ radiant Queen on Thursday are radiant loveliness she displayed of her earlier visit, as Princess Elizabeth, some eight yéars ago. These pictures, taken by Ed- ward Garnhum, offer their re- minder of the gay and joyous times of that last ‘Royal a foretaste of the pleasures draw- ing near as the charming, graci- ous guest of 1951 returns as Queen. beloved as ever. Shown in the pictures are: -—_—:—Fop——Treuble_with a pen<ai Confederation Chamber. In the group are the Princess, now the Queen, the Duke of Edinburg’: now Prince Phi}ip, Commission- aire Robert Craig and the late Premier J. Walter Jones. Centre — Before the State Din- mer, with the group including "Princess Elizabeth, the Duke _of Edinburgh, Mrs. Jones, the late ‘Premier .Jones,- Hon. T.W.L Prowse ,then Lt.-Governor, and Mrs. Prowse. Bottom — The big moment of the visit, as Princess Elizaheti | ar rrived at CWarlottetown Hote! 4or—the—Siate—Dinner—~ In —back- i ground is Gordon Foster,‘.then) the hotel manager. while Lt.-Col:

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