THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1666, 6 December 1873, Page 2

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.

There, are ; not, many, particulars to.v add to (he necessarily rapidly' written account .which we gave yesterday of the Governor's yisik, l „'ajidrjthe t pu^,lic;;p,rppiedings'( there-; with connected. We may state, however;' that yesterday's, reflection, confirmed the belief.. that,:.(in'; the main,; .the ip.re.vio.us day's proceedings^ had been pretty well managed,— and-were-pleasing-^o^thegen^ tlemati ; in 8 .wiu&e ih*oui3tt r they£ Jfia'd * been organised. Mistakes "and defects, there, were, of course, as there could scarcely! fail to -he von^a highly concentrated holiday, but they arose more from errors of the head r than of the heart, and there was nothing to complain of, while there was much to compliment..! -i , ; , :V The few particulars -which it may be necessary.to; add are principally personal. It should he- stated^ fpr instance-, that^Hisn Excellency 1 waß^acbonipanied 5 " frbm'Hbk'i-" tika, on board of ithe,- Titan by the County Chairman, the Hoii. Mr Bonar, MrW. Evans,' -Captain' Turnbull, and others, including his private secretary, his aide-de-camp and chaplain, By the

Lipiiess, which closely followed t|je Titan, there also arrived a number of the citizens of Hokitika. At the landingplace Inspector Hickson and members of the police force were present jusHn juffi''ciene nunfbgrs •tb"-'-preßepve s^ i'ißlea¥?pathway, and, the Mayors Borough.- Council, the clergy, and other prominent' citizens . were-to.the-front-to-welcpme— him~and-~to "join '"in" tne cheer with wfifch < ' 7 n s e i?^aß greeted. It was ion : the wharf that the Town Clerk read and presented the written address, and that His Excellency handed to the : jMayopy the following written reply, which- is Bi'milar in sentiment to what the Gbvernor expressed .when- addressing the people generally — ■ ' To/the Mayor and- CouncUlprs of /■ i ßorough of Greymouth. .' i ; : !- .r? " GsNTLEMEif,— I' thank you ; for; your address of ; , loyalty . , to the. f ; } Queen, and kindly welcome to myself! "■' v " v I' am'''lia:ppy to be 'dble'io pay-'a short visit r to your ;towti' L and' pqrt^rigaj? /WKieh "I Wa's'lratiH'ed' to' re'e'eiye' s the greeting of some of the inhabitant's '-on ' my :f first' arrival f in the Colony^'; '. rr .;<;•"' ■ -'i " My vi3itispaid'at.the r mbriient ofrthe accession of Westlarid' to, ihe^privilegfes of a Province. I trust thUtythissettfnfe/m&y be the precursor of her increased develop'inent, and that ! the 'measures^ -of- your local ' Government : may ''tend 'to ydur-ad-vantage. -- ;• .-•;■ '..; ■;' '• '-»■- *..•-' '; „' "James FERGr;ssb^ ; G6vernbri :J V ( f Deceriiber'4,;lß73l' } V':^,;^ . ;t:,:'!,\' rt2l -Fronting him I were the i Volunteers, with Captain Hamilton^ jo Lieutenant Maclean, and Ensign Hallj iv front of them, and with; military .precision ;, officers and. men saluted,, while,. the B ( and played 'the^Nat'ion,ai i; Anthem.' ' The distance to the hotel 1 being short the crowd was necessarily concentrated on the wharf and oq the footwayyiwith l the schoolTchildren.prominently in front, whileat windows 'and-upon balconies there were uumerousfair spectators of the scene. Flags were few, the supply of buntingayaiiable^being somewhat restricted, or 'utilised '.,ivf such .positions as the signal station, arid- decorations might ;be : t said, ; to ,be limited to ; . /the,, jpgbliclv erected arch at .the Albion^'but "xt"(hJa the meritoriousnessof being proportionate, haridsome, and tastefully olaiwithidliag?, ferns,-: nikau, ; and national banners, -ivW r h,|ie on each side was.shpwn, in rle : tter,s ( .which he who , ran ; might 1 the. one word " Welcome."' Having pabaedihrough the ,arch,"ahd : haviri'g reached the hotel door, His Excellency reqnested to -be-intro-•ddced to Captain -Hamilt'oni '-to 1 whomf Be made some cpmplitnentary remarks^re<. garding the corps, and subsequently he/ did^the: same to Captain Eisaenhardt, of the Fire Brigade. , ■.■■ M4 -\, .; .Previous, tp starring for. the. cpal T mine, a yisit' )to,tiie! Masonic Hah,' arid' he s'uiisequeritiyHhspecte'd the Hospital and Protective Works -'^ For the drive the day was the most delightful that could be chosen; arid it by all, notwithstanding the. inconvejiience . of "the '.cl'us|hst'p : rm^^^ created by. the cay alca(|B. W itli the mounted 'police , ; as ~ d'u^iders, His Excellency drove in the ,first carriage, or ,was, driven by ;the Mayor, accdmpaniejd by Mr Masters and the County Chairman^ In the coal-mine, His Excellency "consider ed ; thatAe. jiad^ seen enough without expldririg its uttriost limits, arid he was apparently not 'ambitious of making acquaintance with the lower drive, until -it Avas explained that.^a table had been laid with refreshment;st^orkl|iniself and the other visitors, and'A- y||y^uitably supplied and well patroriised^table^ it was—sufficiently [lighted bylamps and; innumerable caudles on the black walls of the spacious part •of the ■ mine • : which ; hadl'been selected for the pu rpose.. S_amples of the I coke were afterwards exaitiinedfand^the I \vorking • 6i, the s.-inine i j^plainWdv^afld^ii'e return journey j'wias . ftie'n ;•;^^made^ r ;JEprti'^ ■ nately^withput^!. accident^^tnojug'H %Htere were some questionable _£llustratiQn3_.of I excellence an; equestrianism.^; During i Governor's absence from town, there waa | a cessation of: business,, and.adyaniage of | the, holiday was taken to have another j cridket-niatchj' while jthechildreriiTFholfiSd tak'eti' part ■ in" the 'reception^ became tlie giiesfe' of J the ' Cdf poratidri in - r the 7 Gamp 1 Reserve. r , . _ r „ ->'•>'!■?• y*-i i was hdld'/'Uri'd" a ! fter l! th'e' cdAipariy'jSe^a-* rated His Excellency found time^toHfulfil 1 his^pjomise/tp patronise -a entertainjaoejit.improvi3e"di wijbhltlig_assiai^nce_ of several ladies and Mr" Seymour. Subsequently 1 start was made-by steamers for Hokitika r and, as., we haVe said, the -"Firei Brigade lining the street, torcheP in' Kaiid/by the ligiiiriugtap',ofiithe3arch,,w4thr;Tcresp x ent3;^ jets, and by theTpyrptechnical display from the .(steamers) and^fto.mhthia: shore, 'the demonstrations on the Govepnor'ii I departure-formed the 'Tnosti^iotuß&sque "part of the day!s".,prodeedings> h i ,:Spjn.e > ■simple transparencies were— the- only i atfemptedHornameritatiori otbuildidgsj|)y 'night, but at the Union "Hdte'l Mr Wafei ; itidiilgeil^.in' & simple i but' 'effective: lilluMe. ; nation. With theiband^the brigade, and | others on board, the Dispatch accomIp'anied the; t'fpd " HokiMka Steamers^pver : thel ,bar.j ' tHe spectacie 'at - sea^ -being*' a& dnce^^ peculiar, and^^ pleasing.-^nd!sd ; afi»r| isteamirig spine^'distance^^.dd'wn tliei'cdait'Ss' a consort, 1 the Dispatch Returned t^^rV with the (People on. board of^.hpr, Rejoicing iatjhe apparent completeness of ' the Goveruor's reception," leaving "THisTExcel-" lency to proceed itp/Hpkitikajjhighly satisjfied, it is saidj with the nature, of. that, reqeptunur -.'/-. .-, - t . t ; v r~r • " Soine errors, ;i it would be L seen, slipped ;into the list of the ,. b;anquet t at* 'published " by us yesterday,' Mr Price jharving proposed /,fshe; Army,(^ayy,v.*nd '"vTplunteers,"-^ind the Hon., Mr I^afimail I" Our'Gues^"WHect6r ispjffitifi& 1 fhk Uit^ > -uvihh »} yi-nr.-iri-r wit snn wli -