THE GOVERNORGENERAL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 15

THE GOVERNORGENERAL.

OFFICIAL VISIT.

ARRIVAL IN CHRIST-

CHURCH.

THE CITY'S WELCOME.

Their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral, Sir Charles Fergusson, and Lady Alico Fcrgusson, began their official visit to Christchureh yesterday. The reason for tlio tlolay which has occurred in connexion with tho ViecEegal visit is well-known, and was, of coarse, duo to causes over which their Excellencies had no control. Though weather conditions yesterday woro not of tho best, even for this time of tho year, and were not calculated to givo very pleasant first impressions of the City, there was no lack of warmth in tho greeting which the citizens extended to their Excellencies.

The weather was bitterly cold on the arrival of tho Governor-General and party from the south last night, and the railway station presented. a spectacle which was tho reverse of cheering. Thero wero but few members of the goneral public present when tho first south express drow in sharp at 5 o'clock, tho Vioo-Regal car. stopping almost opposite tno Guard of Honour, comprised of St. Andrew's Colloge cadets, under tho command of Captain N. P. Neal, with whom were associated Liouts. Baybutt and Burrows. Tho St. Andrew's College Pipe Bq.nd was also in attendance.

The Govornor-Gencral and Lady Fcrgusson were met at the station by tho Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer) and Mr J. S. Noville, on bolialf of the City, and Colonels K. Young, O.C. Southern Cow mand, I'. Seymour, Jaeut.-Colonol P. C. Fen wick, and Captain N. P. Mufphy. Shortly after alighting from the train, his Excellency proceeded to inspoct tho Guard of Honour. When this had beon completed, Sir Charles, in a brief address, thanked tho members of the Guard for their attendance at tho station to welcome them on such a bad night. Ho congratulated them on their appearance and expressed tho hope that he would see moro of them on the parade ground. "Good-byo and thank you," no said in conclusion.

Their Excellencies then left for the residence of Mrs Boyle, lticcarton, where they will stay during their visit to Christchurch. Miss Fergusson and Miss Orr-Ewing arc tho guests of Mrs Algar Williams. Li the evening a,civic reception was telidercd to their Excellencies by the Mayor, councillors,'and citizens at the Municipal Chamber, which was well filled with a representative gathering. An address of welcome on behalf of tho citizens was read by the Mayor, and tho Rev. Dr. R, Erwin extended a wolcomo on behalf of the Churches. His Excellency, in addition to a fofmal acknowledgment of the citizens' address, spoke at sonic length, and also ropliod, exfcomporo, to the welcome from the Churches. ;

CIVIC RECEPTION.

CITIZENS' ADDRESS OF

WELCOME.

HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. ' The Municipal Council Chamber was well-filled yesterday evening on the occasion of the civic reception to thoir Excellences, tho wintry conditions having had no effect in preventing the at-, tendance of tho larj/e number who desired to welcome the Viceregal representatives to Christchurch. The proceedings throughout -were marked by considerable cordiality, his Excellency's extemporo remarks, as well as those of. the Mayor and of Dr. Erwin, being frequently applauded. The attendance included the members of tho City Coup-, cil and a largo number of representative citizens. j ; Arrival at Council Chambers. j Festoons of coloured lamps suspended over the roadwjiy brightened that portion of Manchester street between Gloucester and Manchester streets, wherein the municipal buildings stand. The Ist Battalion of'tho Canterbury Regiment (the guard of honour), with the Band in. tho rear, took station in line fronting westward from tho southorii edge of the main entrance of the buildings towards "Worcester 3troct. Tho Governor-General's car nrrivod at 8.30, and as his Excellenby stopped out with his staff, tho Battalion was called to attention. His Excellency, in a British General's full dress uniform, review order, took up a central position facing tho guard while tho Royal Salute was given. An inspection followed, and his Excellency returned to his original station, and addressed a few Words to the Battalion. lie said it had given him much pleasuro to inspect a guard so smart in appearance and movement, and ho hoped that bofore long he would have tho opportunity of seeing tho,Battalion and other Canterbury units diiring tho course of their regular work. His Excellency and party then en- i tered the Council buildings, and were received by the Mayor (Mr J. Jv Archer) and the Town Clerk (Mr J. £, Neville). The Citizens' Address. The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, Baid that, of course, they had hoped to welcome their Excellencies and Miss Fergusson in the midst of their best winter wcathor—bright, sunny days, and keen frosty nights. However, that was not to be, and for a day or two they would not be able to give their visitors their best weather, but they would give them the best they had to offer. (Applause.) As the; hour was late it was not intended to prolong tho proceedings to any Very great extent and, as Mayor, he had four things to do—read the address prepared On behalf of the City Council and himself, to make a few comments on tho subject matter of the address, to ask tho Rev. Dr. Erwin to speak on behalf of the Presbyterian Church, and of all tho churches, and, finally, to ask his Excellency to accept, on behalf of the citizens, a small memento of his first official visit as Governor-General to Christchurch, The Mayor then read the address as , follows : To His Excellency General Sir Gharles Fergusson. Baronet, LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8,, D.6.0., 'M.V.O., Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief; of tho

Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies: Tour Excellency,— We, tho Mayor and Councillors of Iho City of Christchureh, on behalf of the Citizens of Christchureh, desire on this your first visit to this City as tho Representative in the Dominion of Now Zealand of His Most Gracious Majesty King George V., to assure you of our devoted loyalty to Ilia Majesty and tho British Empiro of which this Dominion is a part. In extending to Your Excellency and to Her Excellency, Lady Alice Fergusson and tho members of your family, tho heartiest of welcomes to our City, wo desire to express our appreciation of tho high honour bo* stowed upon the people of Now Zealand by your appointment as thotr Governor-General. Your Excellency's distinguished services as ono of tho Commanders of His Majesty's Forces in tho Great War aro still fresh in our memories and will ever remind us of tho groat obligations wo owe to all who went forth as loyal members of tho British Empiro to do their duty in response to the call of King and country. Tho pleasuro of welcoming Your Excellency to-day is intensified by tho knowledge tl)at you aro familiar with tho history of tho foundation o.f this City and tho Provinco of Cantorbury, and of their growth and development during the past five years. It is hopod that during your stay in New Zealand you will bo able to avail yourself o| many opportunities to become moro fully acquainted with tho aspirations ahd achiovcmonts of tho peoplo of this the most English city in tho Dominion.

Your Excellency's coming amongst us is a further reminder of tho deep interest which your father, Sir James Fergusson, and Her Excollency Lady Alico Fergusson'a father, the Earl of Glasgow, took in tho wolfare of New Zealand during their rospoctivo terms of oflico as Governor of this outpost of tho British Empire. Wo sincerely hopo that Your Excellency's porlod of oflico ag Gover-nor-General of this Dominion and its dependencies will bo a most successful ono and a sourco of groat joy and satisfaction to yourself as woll as to tho peoplo of Now Zealand. The Mayor's Remarks.

Tho Mayor then mado tho" following comments:--

your Excellency will notice that this address commence? with an assurance of otir loyalty to the King and the Umpire, Such an assurance is correet as a statement of fact; but is really superfluous. During the. Great War wo demonstrated our great loyalty by our deeds, and whenever tho needs ariße we shall be prepared to repeat tho demonstration, though some of us earuostly hope tliat the tragic: events which called it forth will never recur.

Wo havo road with admiration the record of the distinguished service ■which you, Sir, havo rendered to the Empire in a military capacity, not only during tho ieeeiit war, but also during earlier times, in Egypt and the Sudan. Like many of our own men, you paid tho prico Jn acuto personal suffering, Wo hope, and believe, that in the sphero of civil administration your achievements will be as in tho arena of war. Why not more notable, and greater in their contribution to tho sum total of human happiness. #rid progress? In this connoxion one's mind instinctively reverts to those impressive lines of Tennyson, in hi 6 inimortal ode on the death of Wellington:— .

Uplifted high in heart hppfi ore we, . tlntil we doubt not that for ona ao true, , , THera roußt be ,oth4r. nobler wort' to do Thai), when he fought ftt Waterloo. . Amongst us there is amplo opportunity for that noblo work. * W0 havo our social, moral, and economic problems. In the soil of our new land njany evils of older countries havo tafcoa root. Their eradication, and substitution by Something good,"'art tasks awaiting all who afo hungry for hunian , betterment. In, every e4'ort having % such endp in view we confidently anticipate your bacKiug.

Lady Fergusson, and yourself, havo ! established one new record for our J)o? , minion by.tho fact that both of you aro childrott qf former . Qovornors, (Apjpl&use.) You will find it ihtcrestiixgr to study tho changes which have taken place amongst us since yotir parents•' days. .It .fa to be hoped. that in most of the changes you will discover improvements. 'For Miss Fergusson it will be pleasant to tho .ground familiar to h6r grandparents. Possibly shp, may,; at somo future date, return to us ih the position now occupied by • her mother. (Applause.) gome of our citizens claim that Christchurch is the most English city of this Dominion. As 'to whether it actually is so, I, as a noa-native, am not quira sure. It certainly Ms. more English than the ''Edinburgh of tho South'' from which you have just come'j but whether it is more thiin Wellington, or Auckland, is an arguable proposition. Onq thing, Jiowi ever, is certain, namely, that though it is English, very.. English indeod, wc have not boen able to keep out the übiquitous Scots. (Laughter,) Tlioy have besieged it, itnd captured it, and, when you have time to look round, you :wiil seo that, with their usual puslv fulness, they have, by hook or by crook—or in some other way—(laughter) socured many of our most lucrative positions. U'hero is such an army of them, that another one or two will riot do us Jjny harm, To-night, in our Welcome ,to you, .we neither Scotch, nor English, nor Irish, nor Welsh. Wo are all just British—(applause)—and we extend to you —all of you—tho big hand of British brotherhood, and trust that your coming will be for our mutual happiness and bqnefit. (Continued applause.)

The Welcome of the Ohijocches.

The, Rev. Dr. R. Erwin, who wiw received with applause, that; it was a groat pleasure, ip the namo of the churches, (.0 welcome their Excellencies to Christclmreli. He did not speak for any particular church, . ])ut for all, which was not an easy thing to do. Tho different' sections' - of the Christian Church were drawing nearer to each other and were being dominated by a more brotherly spirit. He hardly needed to assure their Excellencies that the churches were perfectly at *ono in their loyalty to thfc Sovereign and their attachment to the TTirouo. Ther© was perhaps, no part of the Brlfish Dominions in which there was a truer and deeper loyaltv to the British Crown than ia Now Zealand, ana in respect of loyalty Christchurch would be found second t« no other pqrt of tho Dominion, (Applause). They felt that they were hot only .welcoming his Excellency in bis official capacity, but also as a disr tiriguished soldier who had served with honour and distinction fhe cause of King and Empire. As soon as his Excellency 's appointment became known, because of tue brilliancy of his military career and bocapse of hip distinguished semens iri'the Great War, the people of tHo Dominion Itad at once taken liim to their hearts. (Applause). They felt deeply, as a people, the debt of gratitudo that they owed, under God, to the Army and Navy for the deliverance that was wrought for thpm in that terrible crisis through which the nation $0 recently passed." Now own little contribution—little ip respect to the whole, but large,, and in. some rejects dis. tinguiphed considering the Dominion's numbers and rpwureosr—rjnablq thpni to appreciate that debt anil to icpl proud to honour one who took such an

important part as bis Excellency fead taken in too high command which he hold.and the brilliancy and distinction with which ho served. (Applause.) Nor did they forget tho service rendered in an earlier part of the history of tho Dominion by his Excellency's father and by the lata Lord Glasgow, tho father of her Excellency, Lady Alice Fergusson. They felt that they wertr not welcoming them as strangers bat were, in a sense, renewing an old friendship—he thought ho might be permitted to put it in that way for **« Governor is a friend to all the people." (Applause), He did not snppeae that his Excolloncy had vory vivid memories of his previous stay in tho Dominion, but the country had made very great progross sinco then, and bad attained to a position of creator itsponaibility amongst tho nations that compose tho British Empire, imposing greater and moro onerous dutes and obligations on tho Governor-Gencral; but the people had every confidence in his Excellency, and it would be the prayvr of the churches continually that in alt matters of State he might be guided by that wisdom that was from above. It was gratifying to remember the long association of nis Excellency's family a« members and office-bearers of the Church Of Scotland and tho services they bare given to it. Their prayer would be that his Excclloncy, in his high position, would do some true and useful service to God and tho King in this Dominion. In tho name of tho churches be had great pleasuro in welcoming their Excellencies to Christchurch, and trusted that their stay would bo so pleasant that they would enjoy frequent vi-uts during the period ef their office. (.Continued applause).

The City's Gift. The Mayor said that before asking tho Governor-General to reply he desirod on behalf of the citizens and e« the City Council and himself to a«c his Excollency to kindly accept a mall. memento of his first visit, oalwa eapaeitv, to ChristchuTch. The volume which ho handed to his Excellency contained, ho said, a copy of the address which ho (tho Mayor) had read a few minutes ago, and what they thought to bo some fine views of the city. (Applause.) His Excclloncy graciously accepted tho handsome album containing the „ nddross. Tho cover of the album was of soft-toned blue suede, and had embossed upon it, in gold, the eityarois. Tho pages were artistically tinted, and tho address was richly illuminated, the text being in black and tho capital lettors in vermilion. At tho end of the address were the signatures of the Mayor <"Mr J. K. Archer) end the Town Clork (Mr J. S. Neville), and a representation of the city seal.

HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY,

AN ELOQUENT & INTERESTING

SPEECH.

His Excellency, on rising to W»d fck formal reply to tho dUMas 1 addrew, was received with warm applause, which was renewed. His Excellency said:

Mr Mayor, Councillors, andCitisens of Christcburcb,— I thank you very heartily for the . address which, on behalf of the eitisens of Christchurch, you have presented to me, and for tho warmth and cordiality of tho recoption which you have given to Ivor Excellency and myself. It ia » very great pleasuro to us to visit again this beautiful city and to see tho wonderful progress wbicb .has been made since we were herb with our parents in years gone by. That progress *s » striking testimony to the energy »nd initiative of thoao wbo bavo aehw*«l _ it, and wo can well understand t«t ppdo and satisfactioa wlth whieh yea « contemplate the'results. ' . - Yoti bavo been good enough to refer - , to my connoxion with bis - Forces, and I like to recall the fact that I bad tho honour "of beijjg f «es; elated with sofflo of tho troops of-wo < Dominion,' not only in tho trying of 1915 and 1816, but also in the cawing glorious months'of the campaign Is France.' I have already testft^iftb*, t licly to their great military repatytfoa, - . and'l take the opportunity ofs»y|ag „■ again how much I appreciate of being associated" with j\ whose sacrifices in war, and whw» " loyalty and dovotion -in timgaaf JWW» to tho great, Empire to which, long, bavo been so iler Excellency and X weleos© thi# , opportunity of * becoming 7 Christchurch' and her identifying- ottfjjelvos «a ,Of £ power with their interests and ii tions, which wq shall at all -\ dcavour to promote As ha,W jHgpjf: . wo cannot even ncjvr wnsider entirely as sWangewr ; t before leaving- tho jpoflsdntyft t bavo succooded in gaining; - c " fldenco and friendship, \aafc done-somethingsto justify honour which you are Beply to the Cburefcea* W«Jcwwt.\ * --v \ His Excellency then spoke w rejjy to tho welcome extended.-on bewj&f® • tho and said 4hat he munii.. % to answer the very kind things Bp®*®*-, by Dr. Brwin. He had ant bw» a***® that Dr. Erwin was going to speaky »*« therefore hoi had no fonnaJ reply .to hi» address. If anythingeduldadd tothe pleasure with which they bad liitcn<4 to bis Worship's address aad toXtte ; welco'tue on behalf of the filhw ex* pressed, it was thSt the ehnrehe* tei added their voice specially to thai-vet come, As Dy Erwin had aaidr'H had been tho privilege of father, bis grandfather* and hit greatgrandfather, and other, members of family—to take a considerable part i» church in Scotland; and sloea the war ho had also been a» 1 a small way, to see something el the Church '8 work, and to try and <b ft little to help it on. He rejjoiceCto bear Dr. Erwin draw attention that ha New Zealand there was little division between the churches, became, « thay vrcro aware, that wag their ambit low in Scotland. At this very they had seen bow the aspirations of yeas were beginning to bear fruit, and they - hoped, after the resolutions amvedai in the two General Assemblies *' vreek" - ago, that the union betweta ttm (wt great Scottish ehnrches naig&it iewt'lMt an accomplished fact. He kastir ''thjit . Dr. Erwin had spoken sot for Church with which they ; tr*t».sort di» . rrvtlv associated, buf lot aQ the*o4h«r churches, and he begged to thailctallf.' for their kind worda u V ; ' • New Zealand's yfmiWd&m* Turning to bis Worship, Sir C&aHfts. said: If I may pass from the eQdat reply 1 have read, and speak in a Ins formal fashion: It is always in going round the Dominion,-to exgntm in any adequate way the luppiaeat her Excellency, and I. feel in visitlßg tha people in the different centres of Nev Zealand., I can- only say that from tho moment wo landed—indeed sine® the appointment was have received nothing but the greatest possible kindness and friendliness from oae and all. . I cannot say that it wa« entirely a matter of surprise to ®e> because New Zealand has the reputation of bein®. A3 has been well said, "a land of sanaj skies and warm hearts": and certainly wo havo experienced the warmth erf those heart? to a wonderful degree since we 'come to the country, it in not only the pleasure that it eim «a» to be made to feel at borne, but it is

tie; ijonfidento it' gives -in trying to perform a task -with which, of course, wo.'are quito unfamiliar. But wherevor,we have gone—be,it Auckland, or' Wellington, or Dunedin, and ; now ; Christchurch—the instant we come amongst you—and I say-it with entire 1 sincerity—we feel entirely at home amongst friends. . (Applause.) And .'that, I know, is what you wish and •intend us to feel. Boyhood Memories. His Excellency, continuing, said that Dr. Erwin had remarked that probably his recollections of his previous stay in Now Zealand were a .little dim. It was a long time since—it was 51 years to be cxacfe ho' had left New Zetland as a. boy of ten. He, thought that they would be all : surprised to hear how the impressions of childhood had remained bright until to-day. The general features of those-parts of the Dominion that ho had visited , seemed quite familiar; in details they had altered but when he got back to : . Sf'fiWellington and went to the old GovHouse, in which he had practically lived two years, it was so familiar that he found his way to every room in the house as if he had only left it yesterday. And in travelling about he had come to Christchurch: the railway at that timo ran to Christchurch and five miles beyond. "I remember the tunnel well," added Sir Charles, and this remark evoked a spontaneous burst of laughter—his audience apparently thinking that the tunnel was an experience that no one could possibly forget. When the laughter had. subsided, Sir Charles said that in Christchurch ho stayed-at Mcadowfield —he did not know ,if it still existed. Christchurch even now seemed, familiar, tout, of course, things had changed enormously. He did not remember what the population of tho city was in those days; but Wellington was: 10,000, it was now about 100,000; Auckland then was about 15,000, now it was approaching 200,000. One could not help hut be struck by the marvellous development ; of the country—it was beyond anything he expected. Tlx® Dominion's Problems. Tho Mayor had given him a lead, Sir Charles continued, by referring to the ] duties and responsibilities lying before him. His Worship ,had -said—and he j was bound to agree with him—that'his j soldiering days wero over, and he must j now turn his sword info a: ploughshare, and take up another line ,of business. Ho knew that he would find: much of interest, and, ho hop'ed>'many opportunities of usefulness. \ .;' : ..Now Zealand had xbise'n" always a most important p,art;of the British' Empire: that was a mere platitude. - As his. Worship had said, the Dominion was untrouWQd..by l ; mny of; the' great problems which wero a "matter of serious consideration—to,, say tho least of it—at Home' at 'present. But. : as the Dominion[devejoped; the, troubles which were sosharpat;Home"were bound to front-herp. As the Dominion's- '," industries ; increased in size;- ««oS'!- , wauld s 'the j .human .factor; become-mpre". and more pressing . social ' 'and "industrial problem^Were-sbound' : to follow; and to grent v moment. The, question-was:.: What .can bo-:. done ■ to ,guard '.againßi).*,tJ»else s dangers,-.and to remedy r tho , 'ovils / that follow, on great expansion?' '' - • ' ••• ■ Wiped Out. Ojie• thing that they, had to. recognise was that, owing to-:.the- disastrous war thoir population, /vs other.; countries, .' had undcrgono a change, ; and - that. ; change was that,; practically, a whole, generation had been-wiped. <out. j wsts t6' say that aniongsfeithoso brilliant | > lives'-which were actuaUy up, M\ ii - very laTge proportion werp-, thcjpo of ' - young men who .would-now be. between thd'ages of 30 and .-than, that; huadrds of others aboutv the. same -ago ■■ had. been or less.; ; ' That- 'meant that- they,■* had.-a link , en-; tirely; missing, or very, nearly so,- and l that they had a very -large gap -in;- their; population between ".monthat might.be; called middle-aged,.-or, a 'littlo.-over, /and; the. young men who-; had grown, up dur- : ing-the later<yearß^of?'the-w,arsbut'did! not seo so much-.ofrit* There were, of_ ■ ittg,' they, were a'sprinkling. It ;was;a) fact 'that thousandsrof .their veryv finesVt young men who ; would'npwhaye-been; - between 30 and ; years of. a ge, and; , ' whoi would have? been /exercising an'

'enormous influeneejon the community, had- disappeared. ' . ~ . •,

-Service for the. Country's Goo& r , -" ' ■ ■ v • - How was-that'gap;.to;be fllledt How , were rtho problemaxesulting' from- that: gap- to be dealt with! 1 "It- seemed to, » liim'it meant the taiost careful-training, , of their youtha„ao'- that "they might be able- to talrt+their-place ;-asvcitizenß»of the Dominion-and 'of < tho Now, the British- Empire did-'Tiot:• consist of a single aut'ocrkt," or a single Powei?; it consisted of a ,; numberof self-governing «v, communities which zested on the char4l , aoter - and intelligence * of ? tho ri duals composing them.' ■< Some Empires a tionr the British Empife,reated on men; New > v Zealand in tho past had, al- ; ways produced men, and that brought them'to this conclusion f that they must see that their -voting people grew up as . . men- like their fathers. (Applause.) V■' In New Zealand agreat deal was done i in that way. They began very early- . they v began with the babies, , because they?had' that wonderful scheme initiated' by that great man-HSir Truby < "King.- (Applause.) ' wasthe yoost solution of the immigration, that possibly could be devised. Secondly,, ho was : v : happy to say that Buch institutions :as j the Boy Scouts, and kindred 1 movements, were'- taking root, thanks, ho , v' thpughty a great deal to his»predecessor, ■ lord Jellicoe, who, as they knew, took ' ' the' t deepest interest in these things. .Then they had the "Cadet and Territbrial systems-rail those were .excellent, - but he- suggested that there was something more. ./ V-Their schools and.universities should turn out young men deeply imbued B witli ;; thej sp«j£i<if..service, -and more than public > service, r of service for-ithe gocSL-bf > their, country;, There were many wayß in which one could serve one & country—as a. soldier, and in other ways—and there was nothing that debarred one from serving one's country in one or another. Surely; . that matter of ■ service for the good' of the country .was , tho greatest thing . .wanted--in order to correct, and deal with terrible _ social problems. . The main test in. social service, was : to continually think out what can be done < for the benefit of all, and thus to make it impossible, or, as nearly impossible as it can bo,, made, for these terrible l ■ curses which v fall on tho population such as vras Been at Homo—overcrowding of houses and . all the rest of it. 1 He would: like to boo tho young men of New Zealand go out into the world

with one fixed idea- in their minds—

service for - their country in some sort "or form. He.thought that J£ that was realised New Zealand would be happy • it every possible way. That was his . dream for the future of New Zealand and-' eountry. becoming, equal to doal with'the problems that, sooner or later, were bound to come. - v i : Concluding; his Excellency said that ; he was sure- that her Excellency an l v' himself' "did ,not "• wish to bo merely p figureheads. They wished, if they could, ~ to-be of use, and if, during the next

'* • five ...years, they could find; some' way . wh'eretiy they;. - could be of use, and f we: the interests of the jeoplei of the

Dominion, and- link .up-closer, the bonds between the Dominion "and the Mother Country, -it would be their pleasnre and their happiness. (Continued applause.) Tho. proceedings closed with the singing of a; yerse of the' National Anthem.' HIS EXCELLENCY'S ; ENGAGEMENTS. His Excellency's engagements trill be:— . : • To-day. 10 a.m.—Visit Public Hospital. Noon—Visit Consumption Sanatorium . (Returned Soldiers). 3 . p.m.—r-Eeyiow of G r irl Guides , and ( Boy Scouts, Caledonian Hall. • 3.45' p.m.—Visit Kannerdale - Home (Disabled Soldiers). ■ 1 ' 8 p.m.—Kreisler- Concert 'at Theatre : • Boyal. ... To-inorrow. 11 a.m.—Attend Divine Worship, Cathedral. 6.30 p.m.—-Attend Divine Worship, St. Andrew's Church. . Monday. 10 a.m. —Visit Canterbury College and Boys' High School. 10.45 a.m.—Visit Girls' High School. 12.15 p.m.—Visit Christ's College (lunch with headmaster). 2.30 p.m.—Drive Tound city. 6.45 p.m.—Royal Colonial Institute Dinner. 8.15 p.m.—Smoke . Concert, Jellicoe .Hall (Eeturned Soldiers' Association). Tuesday. 0.45 a.m.—Visit Technical College. 11 a.m.—-Visit St. Andrew's College, 12.15 p.m.—Visit St. Bede's College. 1 p.m.—Eotary Club Luncheon (Ballantyne's). 7.30 p.m.—Chamber of Commerce Dinner (Warner's Hotel). '8 p.m. —Her Excellency Lady Alice Pergusson and Miss Perguason visit Women's Club. Wednesday. Afternoon. —He;- Excellency will be present at.a meeting of Girl Guides' Committee. Chamber of Commerce Dinner. ' . The dinner to be tendered to his Excellency the Governor-General by the :Canterbury Chamher of Commerce " at Warner 's! Hotel on T.uosday cv.eniug -promises to! be' most successful. Over one. hundred' guesjts will attend, the function, the., list , in connexion with which is, now closed, the seating capacity, being talxed almost, to its maximum.