A GOOD SPORT.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4016, 16 June 1920, Page 2

A GOOD SPORT.

SOME NOTES ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNOR-GENERAL. v ßy Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) lAUS.-.N.Z. Oable Association..) (Received June 16, 9.20 a.m.) London, June 14. Lord Forster, the new GovernorGeneral of Australia/is a keen golfer. His handicap is plus 2. He is also an ardent yachtsman, and hopes to indulge in yachting in Australian waters, especially in Sydney harbour, which he has longed to see. He had a champion boat in every class he entered in, and always sailed his own boat. He intends to purchase a yacht in Australia. He is an enthusiastic hunter, and is considered one of tho best game shots. He had not played in football because he was hurt in his schooldays. Lord Forster looks forward to participating in the delights of surfing and diving. Ho has driven his own motor car ever since motor cars existed. He has occasionally visited Switzerland for the wrntci sports, and is therefore anxious to see Mount Kosciusko. He is interested in modern farming methods, and is in possession of country properties in Kent. Lord Forster is not so keenly interested in racing as in sports calling for physical prowess. He has never owned a- racehoree but attends Ascot. Ho looks forward to seeing the woudorful spectacle on Melbourne j Cup Day. He took honours in his law degree at Oxford. Lord Forster was a civil member ot the Claims Commission stationed at general headquarters in France during the war until the Coalition Government was formed, when he was appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office. He was primarily concerned in the purchase of the first. Australian wool clip. His only two sons were killed in the war—the elder with the infantrymen in the first battle of the Aisne in 1914, the younger with the Scots Greys when the cavalry was advancing on Le Cateau in October, 1918, where the Australians fought their last battle. In an interview, Lord Forster said his wife had never been in quite the same health since the shock of the death of her two sons. They also had two married daughters, each with two children. One daughter was widowed and the other was married to Capt. Pitt Rivers. He hopes that both daughters and their will be able to visit Australia during his term of office. He "believes that he is connected with the family of Adam Lindsay Gordon (Australia's most popular poet), into which an aunt had married. He will take the opportunity of investigating the relationship. Lady Forster is keenly interested in niusic, art, and social questions, and i"i the women's movement. She actively assisted soldiers' wives and poor families in South London. Latterly she had superintended a convalescent hospital for the poor mothers of London near the Crystal Palace, to which Lord ■ Forster presented an old-fashion-ed house and large grounds. Lord Forster departs for Australia in August, his route being iindecided. He expects to reach Australia in time for the test cricket match. He hopes to meet Mr Watt during the next few days. Admiral Jellicoe and Lord Forster confer to-morrow.