“BLACK MAILING.” DEPARTURE OF HIS EXCELLENCY THIS GOVERNOR.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5581, 17 February 1879, Page 2

“BLACK MAILING.”

DEPARTURE OF HIS EXCELLENCY THIS GOVERNOR.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir, —In justice to the owner of Lara, permit me to give the most unqualified denial to the statement contained in a paragraph of your paper of Saturday, relative to Mr. Knight, the owner of Lara, demanding a from me for starting his horse in the Wellington Cup race. Any wager laid by me to Mr. Knight was spontaneously offered by me, and in no way sought for, or even hinted at, by him.—l am, &c., No. 311, North s Sweep. [We regret we should have published an incorrect statement, but the authority on which it was done was apparently unimpeachable. — Ed. N.Z.T.]

His Excellency the Governor held an undress levee at Government House on .Saturday at 12.30. No private entree cards were issued. The following gentlemen attended: — Allen, Mr George. Barron, Mr 0, O W.; Batkin, Mr C, T.; Barraud, Mr Charles D, ; Bell, Mr 11. D. ; Brandon, Mr A. DoB.. M.H.E.; Brandon, Mr A. Del}., inn.; Buchanan, Mr Thomas; Bull, Mr Frederick; Burns, Mr James; Blundell, Mr Henry: Burns, Mr Joseph; Braithwaito, Mr A.; Blackett, Air John : Bannatyne, Mr AV. M ; Beetham, Mr AV.; Benzoni, Mr C, T.; Brown, Mr W. B. E.- Billing, Mr J, Chief Justice, the: Churton, Mr J.; Collins, Dr AV. E,; Claridge, Air V.; Crawford, Air George; Cumin, Mr John, Drake, Mr AV. H.; Downio, George. Edwin, It. A.. R.N.; Elliott, Mr Huntley J. 11. Fitz Gerald, Air J. E.; Fitz Gerald, Air AV.; Fox. Mr J, G,; Fox, Mr E.; Fenton, Air: Fisher, Air George. Grace, Hon Dr: Graham, Air G. 6.; Gibbos, Sir Edward ; George, Mr J. K. Hart, Hon R.; ilarcourt, Air J. B,; Haramerton, Air R. C.; Hickson, Mr AVilliam; Hardy. Air C.; Hewitt, J. D. R., R.N.,; Holt, Captain J.; Helden, O. C.; Hendry, Charles. Johnson, Hon Mr; Johnston, Mr Justice; Jackson, Alfred; Johnston, Mr AV. AV., M.U.R.; Johnston, Dr ; Johnston, Air I’ercival. Knowles, Air John ; Knorpp, AtrC. B,; Kemp, Dr; Knight, Dr: Kennedy, Air AV. F. Deckle, Col: Levin, Mr AV. H.; Luckio, Air D. AI, Mayor of AVelllugton, tke; Macandrew, Hon .Tamos; Mansford, Air T. A.; Alaunsell, Mr D; Moriah, Air Edmund AV.; McCredre, Air AI.; Macdonald, Air T. K.; McKellar. Air Henry S.; Alaunsell, Mr J. P,: Moorhouso. Air AV., AI.H'R. Nancarrow, MrN.; Nation, Air George AI.; Nancarrow, Mr J. O'Neill. Air C.; O'Ollblo, Air Leslie. Pollen, Hon. Dr; Pharazyn, Hon. C. J.; Pollen, Air V.: Parkinson, Air AVm, A.; Paterson, Rev. J. Quick, Mr AV. H. Richmond, Mr Justice : Reader, Liout.-Col. H. E.; Reeves, Mr K. H. L., AI.H. R. Sheehan, Hon. John; Stock, Yen. Archdeacon: Stowe, L.: Seed, Air AV.; Smith, Mr J. E,; Sawers, Mr AV,; Simpson, Mr R. AI. Thorpe, Rev. R. J.: Triggs, Air. AV. H.; Tolhurst, Mr O. K.: Thompson, Mr J. 8. M. AVhitmoro. Hon. Colonel; AVatorhouse. Hon. O. AI.; 'Wilson, Kenneth; AValiace, Mr J. Howard; AVakofleid, Mr Oliver; AVilmer, Mr H. C. Zohrab, MtC. E. ADDRESS BY THE CORPORATION. Before the levee closed, his Worship the Mayor Wellington (Mr. J. Dransfield), the Town Clerk (Mr. Graham), and Councillors Thompson, Alien, Logan, Dixon, and Fisher, waited on his Excellency and presented the following address, which was read by the Town Clerk : “To his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c. "My Lord,—We, the citizens of Wellington, desire, on the occasion of your departure from New Zealand, to assume the office of Governor of the important colony of Victoria, to convey to your Excellency an expression of loyalty towards Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and of respect towards yourself as her representative. “ We would at the same time assure your Excellency how deeply Ave appreciate the fact that you hare at all times identified yourself with every movement tending to the advancement, and welfare of the people of this colony, the memory of which will be ever treasured in onr remembrance. “ Trusting that health and prosperity may ever attend your Excellency and Lady Normanby, I have the honor to subscribe myself by desire, and on bebaif of the citizens of Wellington, your Lordship’s most obedient servant, “J. Dransfield, Mayor. "Wellington, New Zealand, “ 15th February, 1879.” Mr, Graham explained that there had not been sufficient time to get the address illuminated, but that an illuminatsd copy would he forwarded to his Excellency. . His Excellency, in reply, said: Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I receive with pleasure your address and the assurance you give me of your loyalty to her Majesty the Queen. To one holding the office of representative of her Majesty in one of her colonial possessions, there can be nothing more gratifying than receiving on the eve of his departure an assurance from the inhabitants of that colony of respect and esteem. I have always, wherever I have had the honor of representing her Majesty endeavored to identify myself Avith the best interests of the country, and to promote ns far as was in my power the happiness and prosperity of the people. Since I landed in Wellington I have seen your city nearly double in size. The character of the buildings is altering from day to day, and there can be ao doubt that in a few years this city Avill present a very different aspect from what it did on my landing, and I doubt not that it will increase from year to year in importance, and I hope in prosperity. Gentlemen, I shall ever cherish in my memory the years that I have spent among you. I shall ever watch anxiously the improvement and progress of this great colony, and I doubt not that my anxious hopes for its advancement will not be disappointed. In wishing you farewell I can only assure you that I do so with sincere regret. My appointment to Victoria Avas not sought by me. It was offered unsolicited and Unexpectedly, and I felt that it was my duty kt once to accept it, but I can assure you that I leave New Zealand with sincere regret. During the presentation of the address his Honor the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Johnston, Mr. Justice Richmond, the Hon. Colonel Whitmore (Colonial Secretary), the Hon. Mr. Sheehan (Native Minister), and the Hon. Mr. Macandrew (Minister for Public Works), were present with his Excellency. ADDRESS FROM THE AVOHKING MEN’S CLUB.

Some delay arose in connection with the presentation of this address. It was not until after the levee bad closed that the deputation arrived.

Mr. Hbiden, president of the club, presented the following address : “ To the Most Honorable the Marquis of Nor. manby, K.C.M.G., Governor and Com l mander-in-Chief of New Zealand,

“ May it please your Excellency,—We, the president and officers of the Working Men’s Club, desire, on the eve of your Excellency’s departure from the colony, to express in name and on behalf of the members of our institution—of which you did us the honor to become patron—our sentiments of respect and loyalty towards your Excellency as the representative of her Mojesty the Queen, and mote especially to putjon record, by means of this address, the grateful sense of obligation which we entertain for the uniform interest which your Excellency has evinced in the progress and prosperity of the Working Men’s Club ever since its formation, not only by your becoming a life member, but also in a yet more important degree by your public speech and presence in o'ur institution. We have the honor, in conclusion, to wish your Excellency a pleasant and prosperous journey to your future home in Australia, where we hope your Excellency and the Marchioness may enjoy the blessings of peace and health.—We have the honor to, be your Excellency’s most humble and obedient servant—Oscar C. Heiden, president ; Charles Hendry, secretary ; R. T, Graham, treasurer ; W. Hutchison, J, Brown, trustees ; G. T. Richardson, S. E. Taylor, W. T. Claridge, V. Claridge, |E. Jones, J. Popple well, W. Warcup, committee. His EXCELLENCE, in reply, said: Gentlemen, —I thank you very sincerely for your address. It is true that I have always taken a great interest in the Working Men’s Club, and I shall always continue to take great interest in such institutions, because I believe they are fraught with much good. They are calculated to raise the tone and character of the working man, and to fit him better to fill bis position in life. I trust you will ever endeavor to keep up the tone of your club, because on that must depend to a very great extent the success of the institution, and I hope that an esprit de corps will be fostered which will discounter anco the existence of any bad feeling among the members on any head, and create amongst them good fellowship. There is no part of the world where the working classes are so well off as in New Zealand, and there is no one who, with the exercise of ordinary industry and thrift, may not very scon raise himself from the positional a servant to that of an employer. I have never seen any part of the world which is so good a field for labor as this colony, for here it is the capitalist who had to go in search of labor ; and I know of no better mode of bringing working men together, and of making them civil and obliging, and solicitous of each other’s welfare, than these clubs. I will just offer one word of advice if you will allow me, that is, endeavor to make your club self-supporting, and not trust to extraneous help. Ido not deprecate extraneous aid when coming in voluntarily, as it should come, but let the club be substantially self-supporting, and the better it will be for the usefulness of the club. His Excellency then bid the members of the deputation good-bye. This concluded the proceedings.