LORD JELLICOE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 7

LORD JELLICOE

ROUSING RECEPTION AT THAMES.

(.a* lELSGHAPH PRESS ASSOCIATES.)

THAMES, This. Day. ■ The Governor-General had a rousing reception yesterday, when the afternoon was devoted to a long programme lasting towards midnight. At the opening of the new maternity annexe Lord Jellicoe eulogised the Hospital Board's foresight in the matter of coping with the position of tho large maternity mortality. He spent over, an hour conversing with patients in" the public hospital. The nursing staff entertained him at afternoon tea.

At a conversazione in the evening he expressed a wish that the farmers of the district, who were suffering so terribly from floods, would'be enabled to win out. He stated that he was particularly interested in the fishing industry, as that section bred sailors, who in this island Dominion were - necessary to carry produce Home, and be ready to defend trade against an enemy. He referred to the pleasure he experienced on a previous visit, which' was on Anzac Day. He hoped the Anzac spirit would ever live.

At a supper, attended by prominent local body members, the Governor-Gen-eral referred to lack of religious teaching to children, which seemed to have become less since the war. He hoped this would be deepened and intensified in the future. The children of the Dominion were a sturdy lot, and he hoped they would grow up in the same spirit as their forefathers. He regretted his departure from New Zealand, whose people .had taken both himself and Lady Jellicoe to their hearts. It had been a 'real pleasure to-be amongst them to witness such intense loyalty. ,

This morning His Excellency held an inspection of cadets, and presented the "Weekly Press" Shield. There was a large concourse present.