INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 454, 26 November 1880, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

{From The Lyttelton Times.)

LANDING OF SIR A. GORDON

Auckland, Nov. 24

Sir A. Gordon landed at 11 o'clock. Frequent showers of rain which fell during the morning, and the unpromising state of the weather, were considerably against the success of the demonstration at the landing; but fortunately the rain cleared off about 10 a.m., and the weather continued passably fine during the reception.

After describing the reception, the telegraphic report goes un to say :—The whole affair was bungled, and the poorest reception ever given to a Governor in Auckland. The attendance of citizens was comparatively small, and did not comprise anything like a fair representation of wealthy and influential persons. This may be ascribed to the faulty arrangements which had been made by the Committee who took the matter in hand. No invitations were issued to Sir G. M. O'Rorke (the Speaker), to the members of the Legislative Council, or to the officials, clergy, and professions, and no half-holiday was proclaimed, while the arrangements were equally unsatisfactory. Owing to these causes, the rec ption was a failure, as compared

with former demuustnttiuus on siuunii occasions, and was certainly not calculated to favourably impress the Governor.

His Excellency will probably leave Auckland iri a day or two for Wellington, in order to be sworn in ; but he will visit the Northern districts at an early date, in order to make himself acquainted with their circumstances aid requirements.