Nelson Honours Lord and Lady Bledisloe

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 272, 20 November 1934, Page 7

Nelson Honours Lord and Lady Bledisloe

CTVIC FAREWELL EXTENDED Per Press Association. NELSON. Last Night. Lord and Lady Biedisloe. were accorded a civic farewell at Nelson this afternoon at a crowded gathering. Glowing tributes were paid by the Mayor (Mr W. J. Moffatt) and Mr H. Atrnore, M.P. During the day visits were paid 1o various institutions. His Excellency said that, as an old friend of Lord Rutherford, he lmd been particularly interested in Rutherford House at Nelson College. The impression he gained as he walked through that delightful edifice was how very different were conditions from those Lord Rutherford must have experienced many years ago when he was a pupil of Nelson College. •■I shall tell him all about it when 1 return,” said Lord Biedisloe. Speaking at the civic farewell, Lord Biedisloe said he had often wondered why there was no portrait of Loid Rutherford in New Zealand by an eminent British artist. He was going to let them into the secret; it might interest his hearers to know that he had anticipated that, and before he left for England he would see such a portrait executed by a British artist and hung in the National Art. Gallery in Wellington. Possibly Nelson College might secure a replica. He looked upon Ihe Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research as one of the most enlightened enterprises e.veV established. He appealed to Nelsonians to preserve the beauty of their lovely territory from the vandals of commercialism. Lord and Lady Biedisloe returned to Wellington this evening.