SIR GEORGE BOWEN AT MAURITIUS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 231, 6 August 1879, Page 2

SIR GEORGE BOWEN AT MAURITIUS.

We (Argus) have received from Mauritius the special supplement to the Mercantile Record and Commercial Gazette of April 28th, containing an account of the arrival and reception of tho new Governor, Sir George Bowen, together with the addresses that had been presented to his Excellency, and his replies thereto. In order to mark the auspicious occasion the" special supplement" is printed in golden characters. Sir George Bowen'# cordiality of manner seems to have exercised at Port Louis the same agreeable, influence it has produced elsewhere on a first acquaintance. The Sentinel of Mauritius dwells with satisfaction on the " open countenance and graceful manner? of our new Governor," and of the " outspoken frankness" of his language. The Sentinel, indeed, goes so far as to say that" Sir George Bowen, with his frankand open physiogonomy and the boldness of his language, made so favorable an

— lie lias at ono bound giiined the good toiskes of the community; and wo are lot overstepping the mark by predicting Bjatwenmy lookup to him 'to see and ajme for himself/ to govern our destinies Srajdirm and impartial hand, and to |Kni balance even among all the subfflHJftier Majesty in this colony." The jMypapcr says;—" Lady and the Misses Bowcn, by their simple and modest attire no less than by the distinction of tlioir attitude, have also gained the sympathies of all thoso whose happy lot it was to witness the installation of Sir George Bowen as Govornor of Mauritius." ,