EARL STRADBROKE.
BRIEF VISIT TO DOMINION. (press association telegram.) AUCKLAND, August 17. The Earl of iStradbroke, Governor of Victoria, arrivod from Rotorua to-day. "This has been purely a holiday trip," he said to-night. ! 'I wanted to see New Zealand before my term ot office was up, and a good opportunity presented itself in the v |sit of tno American Fleet to the Dominion. Ihe tour has been too hurried to form any definite opinions about the country, but I might say I was interested auu well pleased with all I saw." The Earl, who owns about 10,000 acres in England, said he thought tho sheep lands in Hawke's Bay were very fine, and lie also referred, to the rich dairying lands near Palmeraton North. It was "a strange sight to him to see so manv small holdings. He was further surprised to observe the many different breeds of cattle grazing together. . Earl Stradbroko sailed by tho Aorangi for Sydney.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18463, 18 August 1925, Page 8
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