A PRETTY PICTURE.
J.
McDIARMID,
GARDENS AT THEIR BEST. No more admirable setting for a public reiception to His Majesty's representative could have been found than the pretty glade in the Gardens surrounding the band rotunda, where a great concourse assembled to do honour to one who, since taking office, has made himself extremely popular with the rank and file of the Dominion. Under the excellent supervision of the curator (Mr M. J. Barnett), the Gardens are at present a wonder- i | ful panorama of colour, with the ! ! weil-kept fresh-looking lawns and : : neatly-arranged plots forming most i delightful picture. It was no won-'i i der then that his Excellency, in : I surroundings lavishly endowed with . l,VnQ beauties of nature, remarked, in : ! ihe course of an eloquent address, j that Oamaru had one of the~ most . i beautiful Gardens in New Ze-aland. ; A staging had been erected on the : ] path near the railway line and j j facing this the pupils of the North, i j South, Girls' High Schools Redcastle ; | College and a detachment of Girl ; i Guides and Boy Scouts were drawn ) \ up. The guard of honour was fur- ! I nished by the High School Cadets j { under the eontroi of Major M. K. ] ! McGulloch. Attending the gUard was j | four lines of the National Anthem j I ihe Regimental Band which played j I when Sir Charles stepped on to the . j lawn. 1 ; After inspecting the guard His j Exlcellency who was in military i uniform was conducted to the | platform by the Mayor (Mr J. Mc- j Diarmid) who was accompanied by i Mrs McDiarmid, while Mr E. P. Lee, ; • M.P.,; Mrs Lee and members of the Borough Council and their wives wer'e also in attendance. 1 THE MAYOR'S ADDRESS. j Before reading the address of welcome, his worship formally introdueed the Governor-General and extehded. a warm greeting to him on his first official visit to Oamaru. It was not the first time Sir Charles had been to Oamaru, but previously he had no opportunity of meeting the general body ,of citizens. His visit then had been to the secr ! ondary slchools and tlie official visit had to be deferred to the disappointment of all. The Mayor said they had hope,d to have his Excellency at the unveiling of the War Memorial, but when. that event became due, their Excellencies were filling imporiant engagements in the Islands. However, i'c was much better late than never, and they were all delighted to have Sir Charles with them that day, their only regret being that he.was not accompanied by her Excellency, Lady Alice. Their Excellencies had taken a marked interest in the people of the Dominion and they had become widely known and endeared to the populace. Very few people knew their country as well as Sir Charles and Lady Alice said Mr McDiarmid. His Worship reiterated his great pleasure in wclcoming Sir Charles and then read the following address : — His Excellency, Sir Charles Ferusson, L.L.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., B.S.Q., M.V.O., Governor-General of New Zealand, May it please your Excellency, on behalf of the people of Oamaru we extend to her Excellency and yourself on this, your first official visit to the town, as the representative of his Most Gracious Majesty, the King, to whose Throne and Empire we acknowledge our unfailing loyalty and afFection, a warm and heartfelt welcome. We gratefully appreciate the great interest which, since assuming your high office, you have iaken in the affairs of this young country, your activities amoixg all classes of the community, and the prominence which you have assisted the Dominion to attain amongst the un_ its of our great Empire. We trust that during the remainder of your term of office you may cbn tinue to enjoy the blessing 6f good health, and that when the time comes for your return to the land which we are proud to speak of as "Home," your sojourn in the Dominion will remain one long, happy memory, and that your interest in it and its people Will not be abated. For the Corporation of the Roroueh of Oamaru.
Mayor.
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 29 March 1927, Page 2
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686A PRETTY PICTURE. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 29 March 1927, Page 2
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