SIR JOHN DICKSON-POYNDER.
THE DOMINION CONGRATULATED. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press _ .Association.) Received April 12, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, April 11. The Westminster Gazette congratulates New Zealand on Sir J. DicksonPoynder's appointment as Governor. It describes him as a politician with, a liking for independent thought and as having shown a capacity for hard work as a soldier, Member of Parliament, County Councillor, and landowner. His temperament should appeal to practical colonists.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9187, 12 April 1910, Page 5
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