SYDNEY-BOUND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 221, 19 September 1938, Page 11

SYDNEY-BOUND.

NIAGARA IN PORT. PERSONALITIES ON BOARD. VISIT OF LOBD GOWRIE. A rousing reception was accorded his Excellency Lord Gowrie, Governorgeneral of Australia, on his arrival in Auckland in the Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara this afternoon. Lord Cowrie is returning to Australia from a visit to England. Lord Gowrie was met on arrival by the Attorney-General, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, representing the Xcw Zealand Government, Mr. W. B. Darlow, chairman, and Mr. D. Holderness, superin-tendent-ennineer, of the Auckland Harbour Board, and Captain R. F. H. Stimrt-French, A.D.C. to the GovernorGeneral of Xcw Zealand, Lord Galway.

On the wharf were assembled a military band and a guard of honour from the New Zealand Permanent Forces, under the command of Captain R, C. Queree. As his Excellency descended the gangway, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Squadron-Leader Moir, who was attired in the new uniform of the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Salute was given and there was applause as the vice-regal visitor inspected the guard.

The Royal Salute was given again before Lord Gowrie left for Government House, where he will be the guest of the Governor-General until the ship sails for Sydney to-morrow. Accompanying his Excellency was his brother, Colonel the Hon. C. M. HoreRuthven, C.M.G., D.5.0., a retired Indian Army officer, who is paying a visit to Australia. Also on board until Suva was the new Governor of Fiji, Sir Harry Luke. He was given a warm welcome to Suva. Schoolboy Tourigca. "We wish it had been longer" was the comment of members of a party of 19 Waitaki Boys' High School students on the subject of the 33 days' visit to Canada, from which they returned on the ship. The tour was educational in its aim, and the boys, who visited many cities, towns and industrial and scenic parts of the country, declared they had had "a wonderful time." One unscheduled incident which was foremost in their memories was an experience they had while travelling to inspect oilfields in Calgary. Their bus left a slippery road and hurtled down a bank, but luckily no one in the party was hurt. After assisting in the trade discussions on which Sir Earle Page recently reported during a brief visit to Auckland, Sir Robert Dalton, British Trade Commissioner in Australia, is on his way back to tlie Commonwealth from England.

The merchants handling Xew Zealand produce in London were satisfied with the present "system of marketing, and unhesitatingly declared themselves as preferring it to the former method, which involved a constant fight for supplies, stated Mr. R. H. McKenzie. managing director of -Amalgamated Dairies and the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, who arrived after a six months' business visit to England, Scotland, Denmark and the Continent.

Mr. McKenzie said that prior to visiting the Continent he had heard very doleful accounts of the seasonal conditions in Denmark, but saw no evidence of such a condition. The output, statistics showed, was well up to the average.

There was little complaint at Home regarding the quality of the butter and cheese, and the Dominion was able still to compete with success and, in fact, to enter new markets. The reputation of the Dominion was in no way shaken, and was as strong as ever.

Mr. McKenzie said that while a pessimistic tone prevailed among manufacturers other than thor>e engaged in the armaments industry, none were yet feeling the depression many were pessimistic enough to consider was inevitable. In looking over the different industries one could not help but be struck by the provision what was made for the staffs in the way of recreation, and -the conditions in most cases were considered to be ideal.