THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
OFFICIAL VISIT TO OAMARU.
(IT TKLESRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.?
* . OAMARU, r3rd August. The Govemor-Goneral, accompanied by! Lady Jellicoe and the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, paid his first official visit to Oamaru this evening. Their Excellencies were tendered a dinner by the citizens, and afterwards attended a reception in the Drill Hall.
In the course of his reply to an address of welcome Lord Jellicoe referred .in eulogistic language to the memorial oaks that the town and county had planted along the highways in memory of the North Otago men who fell in tho Great War. Lord Jellicoe said that in all his travels he had not come across a more fitting form of memorial to the fallen. It was a living monument that would keep evergreen the memory of the brave sons of this district who did -their duty at the cost of their lives.
Lord Jellicoe will visit 'Ehe Waitaki High School in the morning, attend a review of tho primary schools in the afternoon, and leave for Christchurch later in the day.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19210804.2.69
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 30, 4 August 1921, Page 7
Word Count
173THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 30, 4 August 1921, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in