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MR. EDEN LEAVES AFTER
BUSY DAY
"It was all too brief, but highly enjoyable," said
the Deputy-Leader of the Opposition in the British
Parliament (Mr. Anthony Eden) In reply to a rousing
thiee cheers given him at the Guildford airport on
Saturday night before he Idft for Adelaide.
This marked the end of a busy
day for Mr. Eden. His ar
ranged itinerary for the day was
simply to spend the morning
at Fremantle and the afternoon
at a race meeting, but in his
determination to see as much
as possible of Australians and
their way of life in the brief
time at his disposal, he cram
med everything possible into
his final day. He arrived at many
places unexpectedly and unan
nounced, but wherever he went
the public lost little time in
recognisinm him and welcoming
him heartily.
Most peopre were still asleep
on Saturday morning when Mr.
Eden was up attending to letters
and private business with Com
mander A. Noble, M.P. Just
after breakfast he went for a
brief stroll near the riverfront
and at 10 a.m. he met the Chief
Secretary (Mr. Parker) who was
his host for the morning.
On the way to Fremantle, Mr.
Eden decided to make an im
promptu call at the interschool
swimmon, carnival at Crawley
Baths.. Hs appearance here was
greeted by much cap-waving and
cheering. After watching a race
and chatting to a scorb of lads
who milled around him, he con
tinued his journey to Fremantle, 1
via some residential suburbs.
At Fremantle Mr. Eden found
that he had an enthusiastic audi- I
ence waiting for him at the Town
Hall. - A queue to gain admis
sion to the Town Hall began to
form at 10 a.mn and within an
hour there was only standing-room
left in the hall.
After thanking the Mayor (Sir
Frank Gibson, M.L.C.) and Cr.
E. M. Davies, . M.LC., who wel
cored him on behalf of the
people of Fremantle, Mr. Eden
sad that the people of the
westernmost port had shouldered
their responsibility during the
"dark days" of the war, and he
thanked them for the part they
had played.
ter being entertained by the
Mayor and councillors he re
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turned to Perth where Mr. Parker
handed over his role as host to
the chairman of the W.A. Turf
Club (Mr. W. J. Winterbottom).
Mr. Eden then had lunch at head
quarters and watched the running
of several races.
The weather was warm and Mr.
Eden was hot, so he returned to
Perth. picked up his bathing
trunks and left for Scarborough.
He then had his first swim in the
Indian Ocean-and thoroughly
enjoyed it.
After dinner he presented a
trophy to W. Guyatt at the
cycling championships at the Fre
mande Oval and watched the
rnning of the £100 "Anthony
.Ede' ' road race. He then left
for 'the trotting meeting at
Gloucester Park.
H e was met by the chairman
of the W.A. Trotting Association'
(Mr. 3. P. Stratton) and was'
highly impressed by the spectacle
of night trotting. He travelled
around the track inside the course
In the stewards' car. After watch
ing two races he left at 9.20 p.m.
for the airport.
About 200 persons were at the
airport. Mr. Eden strolled among
the crowd and spoke to many.
Before he left he told the
Minister for Lands (Mr. Thorn),
who represented the State Govern
ment, that W.A. was a lovely
State and he had been over
whelmed with kind treatment.
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