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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5612, 25 March 1879, Page 2

A HEARTY English welcome will certainly be accorded to our new Governor when he arrives, and we desire to add our greeting to those which will meet his ear when he reaches our shore ; a hearty' welcome from the Fourth Estate is sure to be acr ceptable, and as after all the Press does but reflect the tone of the public, and in a measure speaks on behalf of the absent, a hospitable greeting from the newspapers is not without its value. To “welcome the coming and speed the parting guest ” always affords a distinct pleasure to the host whose duties call upon him to dispense his hospitality, and in this instance the Colony has the honor of receiving a gentleman who, by his personal attributes, his reputation, and even more by the position he occupies as representative of the Queen’s majesty in New Zealand, is worthy of the most honorable reception which can be accorded to him. The Colony may well be proud of installing into the highest position in the land a gentleman of whom it has been said by a Sydney contemporary, “As his speech is, so is the man—manly and thorough to the backbone; strong physically and mentally; keen, bright, and true as the steel he once wore; a gentleman unmistakeably every inch of him, and something more, a man of men born to’command.” Higher praise it would be almost impossible to award;. It is difficult to give a well-timed greeting when the wind and the waves affect the date of arrival, but if the clerk of the weather is gracious, the simple hearty welcome to our shores in which we desire to join should sound forth not many hours after this appears. ’ ■ ’■ ’ ‘ ; The opinion is at present generai.that it is welbnigh impossible, to, reform the turf in New Zealand effectually, but knowing the career and the energetic temperament of Sii Hercules Robinson, it is difficult to resist hoping, against'hope that he may undertake to cleanse this Augean ‘ stable in the land. Nowadays’ the public , attend races partly for the sake of the holiday, partly, because there is an excellent opportunity afforded to all who have a taste for gambling to indulge in a little naughtiness in good company, and in almost the only way which is sanctioned by fashion and Mrs. Grundy.