NEW GOVERNOR

Grey River Argus, 18 February 1932, Page 5

NEW GOVERNOR

For Queensland EX-MILITARIST AND POLITICIAN. (Ana. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 16. Sir Leslie Wilson had been appointed Governor of Queensland. He was aide to the Governor of New South Wales from 1903 to 1909. He held high civil and military appointments in England, was Governor of Bombay for five years, and served in the South African and European Wars. He was a member of the House of Commons, and Parliamentary Assist-ant-Secretary to the War Cabinet in 1918. He was a keen follower of the Australian cricketers here in 1930. and was responsible for the organisation of fhe Indian cricket team visiting England this year. He is chairman of their London committee. Lady Wilson is fond of hospital and charity work, and was engaged in the infant welfare movement at Bombay. She is interested in art and is a keen gardener, in which respect she hopes to carry on the Goodwins’ achievements at Government House. Brisbane. Her daughter is now finishing her education'at • Paris. Sir L. Wilson recently left his . County home, Wokingham, in order to < spend the winter in London. He is ; now closing it altogether. He antici,pates a busy time before sailing, ar- ■ ranging his business affairs, in which ‘he has been interested since he returned from India, including several directorships. His staff has not yet been jchosen, but he is anxious to preserve his old regimental associations, by appointing an officer of the Royal Marine Light Infantry as aide de camp to travel to Queensland with him.

Sir Leslie Wilson, interviewed, said: “I hope to be able to show gratitude for the appointment by serving Queensland, as well as associating as closely with the public movements as a constitutional Governor possibly can. I first visited Queensland as a guest of Lord Chelmsford, who was then Governor. I afterwards spent a holiday on the cattle stations near Bowen. I know the coastal countrywell, and have happy recollections of duck shooting there. I look forward to renewing the Australian acquaintances I formed long ago at the Boer War, and renewed at Gallipoli and France.”