His Excellency the Governor.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 348, 14 February 1908, Page 2

His Excellency the Governor.

VISIT TO KAWHIA POSTPONED. When word was received late last week that the Governor aod psr’y weald visit Kawhia, a meeting wac held at which there wan a go'»d at ten daupe. A rec> ption c mmitton'>n>i-t--ing of M •(♦dames N**ton, Morgan, pMrhim, M C-irdle, Langley, Chas» j , Misses Stevens, Hamilton, Messrs H mil on, J icHthau, W. J. Shaw, Mason, J, K. and F W. New on, Morgin, A> W. B»bbugo and Pettit, the latter having been appointed eecre-

It was decided to hold a reception decorate the wharf, form an arch, etc. Ad the arrnnge«neuta were well in hand <>n Wedne»-<l4y, when a wire was received f-ta'ing that the steamer was bir b ut.d hi Op nuni but that he party vonld be in Kawhia on Friday morning. All the work was poshed fotwrd and completed, the wharf lu ’kD' d r icul.riy pre<ty. The a'-mo-pnere w s very thick with t.m .k , and abiiat 8 •■'clock word wa- received from Mew Pym >Qth that the .Tutaneki Coad no' get into Kawhii, so ihat •be vi-ir would have to be pos'poned in efiuately, bat that tbe first oppor tamty would be taken of making a trio 'o Kawhia.

Disappointment was general, for a lot of hard work had been done and a fair amount of expense en-ailed.