NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1941, Page 6

NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL

CEREMONIES AT WELLINGTON. [per press association.] WELLINGTON, February .22. Sir Cyril and Lady Newall and family arrived this morning, in brilliant weather, the train arriving at the platform promptly on schedule time, 8.55 a.m. The Administrator (Sir Michael Myers), who was accompanied by the Clerk of the Executive Council, entered the ViceRegal carriage, and greeted Sir Cyril Newall. The station platform was decorated with flags, and p red carpet led to the edge of the platform, beyond which was drawn up a guard of honour from the Army School at Trentham and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Just after nine o’clock, the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) entered the carriage, and shortly afterwards Sir Cyril Newall set foot in Wellington. He received the Royal Salute, following which he, the Administrator, and the Chiefs of Staff inspected the guard, while the Air Force band played, in slow measure, the Maori melody, “E Pari Ra.” After the inspection. Mi*. Fraser presented to Sir Cyril and Lady Newall the Ministers of the Crown and their wives, the. High Commissioners for the United Kingdom and Canada and their, wives, Members of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives and their wives, Chiefs cf Staff, and the Commissioner of Police. The ceremony at the station closed with the Royal Salute. All these proceedings were watched from outside by the interested public, which gathered also at the vehicle exits and cheered as the cars left. They went to the Citizens’ War Memorial, where Sir Cyril Newall was presented to the representatives of the Wellington and New Zealand R.S.A., and placed a wreath. Sir Cyril Newall was then driven to the Town Hall, and was introduced by Mr. Fraser to the Mayor and Mayoress. The ceremony there was informal, the Mayor introducing Councillors and their wives, and the chief officers of the Council. A quarter of an hour later, Sir Cyril Newall and Lady Newall, the latter carrying a bouquet of gladioli, drove to Government House, accompanied by spontaneous cheers from the people gathered outside the Hall.