GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17128, 25 April 1921, Page 6

GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

VISIT TO WAIHI. (PRVSB ASSOCIATION TBUQBMC.) WAIHI. April 23. Lord Jellicoo arrived Irom Taurans* by car yesterday afternoon. He wm accorded a great civic welcome, in which all' sections of the community heartily participated. All business was suspend* ed, and the town was boflagged. Over 1000 children assembled in tho maia street, where tho Mayor (Mr D. Donaldson) presented his fcxoollcncy with the citizens' address. Tho concourse, including voturned soldiers mid iorritorials, numbered over three thousand, representing moro tban half th» total population. The Governor-General expressed keen appreciation of tho hearty welcome,, and referred to tiho great part tho Dominion had played in tho groat war, and tho. spirit ot loyalty he had ovcrywhere me» throughout tho Dominion. At tho close of tho ceremony LoroT Jellicoo. under the guidance of tfeo 'ew spectivo heads of tho Waihi and WaiM Grand Junction Goldmining Cpmpanicl, paid a visit of inspection of the underground and surface working*. . , . Lady Jellicoo arrived by train later in tho afternoon, and wm met at the station by the Mayor and Mayoress, and several hundred ladies. An address J» welcome was read to her Excellency by the Mayoress, and wdiile proceediuif. through tho town to the residence of Mr S Leah, general manager of the Grant! Junction Gold-mining Company, where their Excellencies dined and remained over-night, sho was cheered to the echo by the school children, who lined cither side of tho street. THE ZEEBBUOGE BAH). (PItESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAH.) THAMES, April 24. Lord Jollicoe arrived at Thames »» unfavoiirablo weather. Ho was accord* ed a great reception. In the course of a brief speech, lh« Governor-General referred to tho fno» that on St. George's Day, three year* ago, the famous Zeebruggo raid fcP<* been carried out. "Threo year* ago today," he said, "tho Navy carried out an operation that appealed to it. Thon> were times when people not behind the scenes asked what tho Navy was doingTho Navy wad only too glad to shotf what it could do when it had a tnM worth doing, and one such was the attack on Ziobrupgo and Ostend. I* was a task somewhat in tihe nature of * cutting-out expedition, such as our forefathers delighted in, but a moro rof« lorn hope than any task over previously placed before the Navy, and so all the moro welcomed by the bluejacket* •«* officers. Those who volunteered were told plainly what tSie risk would «*i and every officer qnd man who stcpn>"d forward "knew that the chances wero strongly against his returning. Th» Grand Fleet looked upon it as a privilege to share with tho Dover Patrol th» adventure, and the Dover Patrol hated the Grand Fleet with nil their heart and mind for coming in. The only difficulty was to prevent the whole Grand Fleet from volunteering. The loss of life was heavy, but, to a certain extent, the object was achieved. We who planned it never expected more than a temporary success, but that was worth while, and more than that was achieved by tho* officers and men threo years ago."