Reception of the New Governor

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 147, 9 June 1892, Page 2

Reception of the New Governor

LPSB UNITJBD PBESS ' ASSOCIATION,;; The official landing was r fixed for 2.15, and long before jt&eph^.jßharf and approaches were .crb^a^^iThe lonic was reserved ,-: for ; ia,dies r; who swarmed over the big steamer? which towered above the other vessels at the wharf. ■ • '•' ■■■'■ ■'• ■' ■ ; Wv ;-y\Yu The Volunteers lined : the 'maiu \ roadway, anil a detactikent ( "ql blue jackets from ihe fiinrarqopfa and i Goldfinch; formed ' ; |he. !g^d of : honour. ',' .. ..-., V.. ■■.' ''/ '•f-,-,^ • The first portion of the iprlodeedings finished with hearty cheers-, fociljord j and Lady Glasgow, and the'^ciluu--1 teers, who lined the gansrway 1 , 1 saluted. The rattle of their arms frightened • the rather mettlesome] team. [of six chestnuts, which, . controlled "by three . postilions, were attached to theGovr ernor's carriage.^ iPne/f.o^TflUHQffe.]], i and it was thought ad-yisable ttf take • two out of harnesWr -;7 ; ■:. h-i > > The procession of friendly societies » and trades, w Men had formed up^outside the wharf, then moved off,' headed ' by the Maori band from! (Ot^kijt and t followed by a carriage. Wntainugl His ) Excellency, Lady (Saegow,, /members I of the family and household, and f officials. ..:",;; " u ;'t ' At the Supreme .Gou'rj ' £ oikis 1 had been erecfo^-iw^e^iu^^mmon } stopped, and the oatK of allegiance r and the official oath were admi n ig. \ teredby the Oi^/o^o^^iiliini^ieh • .fa* g un 8 thundered' l i6riiL J .k x salute proclaiming thajf the jaew JfcVcrrnor . had beeii formally and finaW inf vested with office. : r V"' 7y ' ; ; . °* ; J TheHarbbur Board fpfidw^d^ith t their address, and ! then : cime [ the friendly Bocietiea and 'tKe New Zeat land Conference of i the Wesleyan Church. All. the addresses were brief, : and Lord Glasgow replied still more 1 briefly to .the words ;of ex- - pressing his satisfaction and thanks in a clear crisp voice! - ~« I The Mayor (Mr I Bell) Itu^nl read telegrams of welcome from the corporations of Auckland, Wanganui, Invercargill, and; {Qisborne^and/Tako from the Masons and Orangemen. More cheers were given, including some for the Mayor, and Lord Glasgow and party were theji driven to Government House. ''."" . .'" \ ,