ARRIVAL OF SIR G. BOWEN.

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 102, 15 February 1868, Page 7

ARRIVAL OF SIR G. BOWEN.

The suspense which has been for some time felt respecting the time when Sir George Grey would be called upon to give up the seals of office has been set at rest, and his successor, Sir George Bowen, has been duly invested with the cares of the government of the colony. Sir George Bowen’s commission came by the last Panama mail, and his Excellency, accompanied by Lady Bowen and family, arrived from Sydney on Tuesday evening by the Kaikoura. The volunteers turned out, according to instructions, with great promptitude, and a large portion of the inhabitants of the town made their way, without loss of time, to the Queen’s Wharf, where it was expected Sir George would land; but after about an hour and a-half had elapsed, it was announced that the landing would not take place till the next day. At 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning his Excellency lauded under salutes from H.M.S. Falcon and the Volunteer Artillery, and was received by a guard of honor composed of Ro. 1 Volunteers, the Veteran Corps, and the Cadets. He proceeded at once to Government House, and was there sworn in by Mr. Justice Johnston, in the presence of a large assemblage of the citizens. The whole display was very creditable to the place, and his Excellency certainly produced a favorable impression. He and Lady Bowen drove about town during the afternoon. This was the first occasion on which the different Volunteers have acted together at a public ceremonial; and the manner in which they executed the task allotted to them was very creditable . — lndependent.