GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3401, 10 June 1868, Page 3

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Thbke appears to be every probability that Sir George and Lady Bowen contemplate returning to Auckland within a few months' time. It will be remembered that, when the visit of H.R:H. the Duke of Edinburgh to Auckland was projected, Government House was repaired and fitted up for his reception. The furniture w»b supplied by Messrs. Winks and Hall, and Mr. Haliday, of Shortlandstreet; and, when it became definitely krjown that the proposed visit was abandoned, the surplus furniture was returned, while as much of it as was necessary to meet exiitiDg requirements underthe altered circumstances was selected and purchased by the Government. This portion now remains »t Government House, the drawingroom and rimingroom being completely furnished, as well as the other apartments on the ground-fioor, and a number of bedrooms in the second ard upper storeys. The magnificent furniture which had been provided expressly for the Duke, consisting of a large statebed, with his Royal Highnesß's crest and monogram, chiffoniere, &c, have been returned. The domestics left in charge of Government House have received no orders for the removal of any of the furniture, and even the carpets remain down, and the ante* rooms are unaltered; r i