The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881.
We welcome His -Excellency the Governor to Masterton to-day. It is true that wo cannot;congratulate-. ourselves on the fact tnat he is payinc us a special visit, or-that'in his programme he has assigned an hour for'seeing, tlie town and being seen, in'it,- It' i s extremely .probablo that tb-.him the town is simply a point at which he might take a lunch before resuming his journey to' Wellington, Ti is, however, immaterial' whether His Excellency takes an interest in. the chief town of the district or not. He is' travelling in liis official, capacity as the representative of the 'Crown, and as such his first appearance in "Masterton should, bo attended.litb.'.a certain amount of display andj formality. It is quite right that..the; Mayor should' welcome him on; behalf'of the biir.gesses, and that the Vp|«i)teers-bfi.t!)n. district should turn out la furnish liim with a.guard of Jiaivo)vv,,.We;do i not believe that Sir Arthur "Gordon will ever be a popular Governor in the sense that Sir George Bowen may be said to have been, He has not the "jolly good fellow" traits of that genial predecessor of bis, but. there caii be no doubt. that .in:' Ms■'•' person the • dignity of the Crown and the .lustre of one of the noblest aristocracies in the; world will be worthily upheld. Ee'wil ; I never be a party to any wrong or nveair' J action, and under \m regime the honor' ; of the colony will remain, unsullied. We trust that to-day's -reception' will pass off in a manner creditable to the town, and that if, on eome future occasion Sir Arthur may be disposed to re-visit us either as a Governor or as a private gentleman he will in (he former .capacity be received 'with. duo. deference, and in the hitter one with courtesy Wo trust that' his first experiences of Masterton will he sufficiently favorable to induce him to pay ,«s i; longer visit' oiv a future occasion,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 683, 3 February 1881, Page 2
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