NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 850, 23 June 1910, Page 9

NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

CAPTAIN SHANNON, A.D.C.; • Many were surprised yesterday to see seated in the new Governor's'carriago ■ Captain 'Shannon, A;D.C. 'to tho. exGovernor, Lord Plunket, Captain Shannon only left New Zealand soirio three weeks ago with.Lord Plunket, who .is making a stay in ' Sydney.. . Whilst there it was arranged that Captain . Shannon should return to New Zealand '.with Lord-Islington. Knowing New Zea- " land and its people a's ho does/ Captain fchannons services ■ should be most .valuable to the new Governor. CAPTAIN MAKCILL-MAITUND, , A.D.C.' •'•'-'-' Captain Makgill-Crichtoii-Maitland, .'M.ii., accompanied Lord Islington from' England as A.D.C. . Ho is a son of the Lady Margaret Makgill-Crichton-Moit-land (daughter of the fourth'-Earl of ■ .Radnor) .and the lato Major-General .David Makgill-Crichtoii-Maitland ' (who' ■ died in 190 V), a descendant of'tho first Earl of Lauderdale,-- Captain Makgill- , Mj.itland, holds a lieutenant's commission in tho Grenadier-Guards-(granted -. in'tSlM), and is entitled -to the rank ofcaptain whilst in Now. Zealand. " . A HEARTV. MAORi'.GftEETiNC*-'-A distinctive, tliough-.' im'proriiptu, ■'.feature of yesterday's -welcome to his ■Excellency the Governor'was.the-whole-." hearted greeting ijccoi'd'ed . him by ' a i handsome Maori Woman'-, occupying one ' of the upstairs windows of • the Wellington Hotel in Molosworth Street. ' From her point of vantage she watched 'the. Salvation Army Band and the Navy League children march by, unmoved, but w"hen the Boy Scouts began to pass beneath her window her warrior blood ' was stirred and her excitement grew until she leaned— far--...forward, and harangued them for some moments most emphatically. Once the scouts were by, ■. iowever, she settled intj placidity, and - displayed no. marked interest in what : was passing till the Governor's carriage ; came into sight.. That was enough! A chant, of welcome .burst from her, and,, as luck had it, tho carriage coming to . a full stop almost directly below,, she gave.full vent to her great desire to welcome him 'to her country. l '-^y e l_. come!.-Welcome-to te Governor! I, a Maori woman," smiting herself on the breast, "welcome you to my country.' Haercmai I haeremai!" while her voice grew shriller, until, feeling she could no longer do herself justico in English, she trailed off into Maori, suddenly disappearing from view just when tho attention of the Governor was bei ing fully bestowed upon her. The eclipse was but temporary, however, and sho reappeared as the carriage moved ■ on, to the sounds of her calling and ' tho waving of ' her hands —a fitting - touch to the arrival of Lord Islington , in Maoriland.

THE GOVERNOR'S UNIFORM. There was a good deal of speculation as to what uniform Lord Islington was wearing at yesterday's function. An inquiry elicited the information that it wiis -a uniform especially designed by the late King for Governors of British colonies, and that 'worn by his Excellency was one of the only two that So far have been made, the other having been made for Lord Herbert Gladstone, Governor of the Union of South Africa, di is a very handsome uuiform, in

which tho gold braid of the old gubernatorial uniform is replaced with silver braid r-.nd trappings. On the whole, the now uniform is strikingly becoming. THE MILITARY PARADE. The muster of troops for yesterday's ceremonial was described officially as being rather a poor one, only about 1300 of all ranks being on parade. Tlio AVcllington Co'.lcgo Cadet Battalion, under Colonel Mathieson, mustered 200 strong; Licut.-Colonel Campbell's eomriiand included 120 from the Garrison Artillery, 30 from the Wellington Engineers, and 132 from D Battery—tlio battery had the best parade, numerically. Liout.-Calonel Duthie's troops included 400 from,the Riflo Battalion, 70 members of St. Anne's Senior Cadets, 35 Dominion' Scouts, the Victoria Collogo 0.T.C., 65; Wellington Field Ambulance, 54; Cycle-Corps, 20. Threo separate detachments.of tlio Royal New Zealand Artillery' were on parade, ono doing guard duty at Parliament Buildings, another was detailed as the escort, whilo tlio' third manned the saluting battery. From H.M.S. Pioneer were detailed 100 men for wharf duty: Among the members of the General Staff were Colonel A. W. Robin, C.8., Chief of the General Staff, and Colonel J. R. Purdy, Director-General of Medical Services! Colonel R. J. Collins; V.D., 1.5.0., chief executive officer of .tlio Dominion Rifle Association, was also present. . LOYAL NEW ZEALAND. Speaking to a Dominion reporter yesterday Lord . Islington stated that, he was very glad to come to New' Zealand— very pleased to have been given tho : honour. arid privilege of Governorship over this. Dominion "which is one of the, most striking portions of'tho Emmany respects." His Excellency added that ho knew that .his knowledge on many points'in regard to New Zealand might be slender, but this ho certainly did know: that there was no more loyal portion of tho Empire as had already been amply shown. NAVY LEAGUE. The Navy League yesterday was represented on tho dais, by Mr. J. B. Harcourt; (vice-president), Captain R. A. Edwin, R.N., Messrs. D. M'Kellar and C. W. Palmer. There wore some 300 juvenile members of tho league in the procession. They ca'rried banners inscribed "One Fleet —Ono Flag" and "An Instructed Nation means an Invincible Navy." Tho league was also 'strongly represented among the Boy Scouts.