OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 182, 19 December 1912, Page 6

OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

IpRD LIVERPOOL'*? PERSONALITY. | . f ; '•%<l^eyj;l)4oember,l':l. Lord Liverpool, the newly-appointed 1 Governor of" New Zealand, is dark-. featured, of' middle age,. withi His- hair tcjuehod wjth gr'ejvand with the 'well-set p4sy carriage- which: cOrHes from; a career the army—for his Excellency lias had a ilorig ixperience as a-:nwlMry flffiecrvrr' first In the Rifle Brigade,' in, Wliiclt liis: Captain. Eastwood, hold's; a i commission} and', Mion- :as< Eirmtenantr Colonel in command of tho'Eiglit&iGity of London Rifles. * r , - . ~ , .

;The Governor, was- delighted: with the greeting extended td-Mm.,Bjr New. Z'ealapders in Sydney, when the Malwa from; London arrived this morning: All the same, it; was- ; a' pity that.a l liiorcireptfeSfntative gathering , of:, the 12,000 or 13,000 Jfew Zealandfcrs- residtent ut nby could not.have been present.: However, those,.who managedito; oojjie down to the P:' and',.©:,: Company,' 9. wltorf at 0; o'clock, 'the hour fixed'for the- welfeom©/ n)ade up ih-.theiv enthusiasm what ,they lacked in numbers. In: the .ajbsencc of ®?r. Owen Cox (president. of the JSew Zealand' Association.),Mi".,.K, 0. Montgomery, the New" Zealand' Government Agent, read' an address of' welcome, to which' Lord Liverpool' gracefully'replied, expressing his appreciation- of'tlie.spontaneous; cordiality of the gathering. "We are looking forward' with great interest;"' lie- said',, "to. seeing- our new home, where we'know we' shall be- very a PPy•'*' Excellency speaks with a clear, rich baritone, and' one wished that he could have heard so fine a voice in a set speech: -He read 1 life reply from a sheet of notepaper, butalT the same one felt, that; ilis- readiness- a-ad deliniteness were qualities that'maik all that lie does.. ■ ■ ■ \

1 All wlio met them were charmed with the Governor and'liis' wife. ' Their unforced'freedom and' pleasant-manner, and their entire absence of "frill," will'make them immensely popular in New Zealand. The little ceremony of welcome this morning took place on the sweeping salooni deck of' the Malwa, outside his Excellency's cabin, and "when he walked forward' into the midst of the little group four Maoris, led by Kirimata (Charles Peters), of the Ngati Apakuua tribe, of' Kawlua, shouted a Maori "welcome." Tta's suddenly warlike yell appeared at first to startle the Governor, but he speedily realised its import, and was as greatly impressed as some wilier passengers, fvesh from England, were amused at this novel greeting. One of the passengers to whom it was not new) however, was Ladv -Stout, who readied here this morning by the Malwa. She watched the proceedings with several others, and was amused, not at the warwry, but at the startled curiosity which it aroused in the minds of the others.

Peters, who Ims been in Sydney for six years, where lie. is in constant employment, nevertheless found the heat of the morning a little trying for a haka, clad as he was in the heavy tweed clothing of modern civilisation,'but he and the three other Maoris with him danced bravely, "his eves in fine frenzy rolling." The Governor was quite interested in the display, and joined cordially in the applau.s'. His Excellency and Lady Liverpool were photographed with the New Zealanders before they said farewell. .Afterwards the Governor and his wife drove to "Cranbrook," the State Government House, where they arc to be the guests of Lord Chelmsford until Saturday, wheil they leave for New Zealand by the Mahva. Accompanying Lord and Lady Liverpool are Miss Foljambe, a cousin of his Excellency's, and Captain Eastwood. of the Rifle Brigade, the Governor's nide-de-cainp, The party, oa tlio

day of arrival in Auckland, will leave for Wellington. The Christmas holidays will be spent in Wellington, and Auckland will llien be re-visited.