THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 65, 18 March 1930, Page 6

THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

New Zealand always welcomes its GovernorGenerals warmly. The most British of tha Dominions, as it is often described ■" More loyal than the Crown "—it appreciates the value of the office as tho symbol of Imperial sovereignty and the most important official link between itself and the beloved Homeland. As representatives of the Sovereign, Lord and Lady Bledisloe are assured of a very cordial .reception. But there are special reasons "why New Zealand is glad to receive Lord Bledisloe. He is the first of our Governors to take really high rank as an authority on farming. In his own "Country ho is one of the leading land-owner-experts, and the chief spokesman of the British farmer. No one has done more, few .so much, to move the farmer to adopt more progressive methods of production and marketing. New Zealand, which lives by the products of its soil, has therefore a special interest in its new, Governor-General. But Lord Bledisloe is much more than this. He is the product of a particularly wide experience in education and affairs. He is a graduate of Oxford, as well as an agricultural college; ho has been a lawyer and a member of Parliament, and he has served on many commissions and public bodies. Thus he represents British culture at its best, and the British tradition of public service. He will give to New Zealand, we are sure, much more than the discharge of its official duties. He will be friend and counsellor, as well as representative of His Majesty the King.