THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.
The -IPeSt COiaWt Sounds . j t* &lUii ' [ir TKLEOBAPH,] , IWiTVD >'PBKSB Wellington, February 10. Th&jjjtoentfa, with hig Excellency and party on board, arrived here last nigt&ft*Q*3a yisil^ * l ili *' W * Bt Coast Boands;' Attbe ports-his Excellency and gUljpiT (^»tley Went on shove, ami maus a njiajxte §xamipa-ti Oli °^ several j^oiDti-JilVthe various Wboiira. A close {nspecfciSn/iot Dinky, Breaksea, Poubtfil,ThomaenV, Caswell, George's, gn&jttilftffd Sounds, 'whs made by the JBh*»rrioe *nds. Major Gantlev^ while ladiea-rftmbledon the Uifis and Hloog tite 9bdre' ; ]t is unllei-stood that ,|bema*ißJßsof<liifl'" Excellency's \ visit to j|ne SkJunHs^was not so -much for picaSre^ibut; *hat- the »- Sounds' w<m|d appiomineiitly m the report- to be made o£ the defences of New Zealand. dlbdr* four wet days were met with on the trip, and while 1 m Milford Sound J)r Hector put out- the guage, . and the «unfaJ4sfori2Ol)hdurs t egfcfetaja nearly 11 inches' The-beanty of the Sounds p&gnesib/ admired^ espeoiaHy that of Milford Sound and Grooked Arm, which iruiw offlfrdfcri Doubtful Inlet. While #moog>iheS6unds his Excellency took •tiifl^^ortunity of -visiting the Caswell fiojHld Marblei iOompany's quarry.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 3
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176THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 3
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