THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 16990, 12 March 1919, Page 6

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

The Imperial and the New Zealand Governments are anxious that the GovernorGeneral and the Countess of Liverpool should visit Samoa and the Cook Islands this year, and their Excellencies propose to proceed thither about the middle of May. Owing, however, to the possibility of peace being proclaimed early in May, their Excellencies will delay their departure as long as possible, as they are anxious to share in the universal acclaiming which will take place in the Dominion. But keeping in view the opening of Parliament and tho arrival of the battle cruiser New Zealand, it is essential that their departure should not be indefinitely postponed, as in all probability His Excellency will terminate his extended term of office in the late New Zealand autumn of 1920. Their Excellencies have made the following plans:—Leave for Dunedin, March 21; arrive Wellington, March 26; leave for Rotorua, April 4; leave Rotorua for Auckland, April 19; tour Pacific Islands, May and June; pay farewell visits to chief districts of the North Island between July and the end of the year, and then proceed to do same in the. South Island. His Excellency has been informed that Lord Jellicoe will be in New Zealand from August 18 to October 1. Up to now no time has been fixed for the visit of the Prince of Wales, but a public announcement will be made by the Governor-General as soon as possible after definite information is received.