AUSTRALIA’ NEW GOVERNORGENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 16 June 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIA’ NEW GOVERNORGENERAL

A GREAT"SPORT (By ’ Electric Telegraph—-Copyright.) (Australian A 2s.Z. Cable Association) (Rec. June 16, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, June 11. Lord Forster, the new Gover-nor-General of Australia is a keei\ golfer. His handicap is plus two. He is an ardent yatchsman' and hopes to indulge in yatching in Australia, especially in Sydney harbour, which he longed to see. He had a champion boat in every class and always sailed his own boat. He intends to purchase one in Australia. He is an enthusiastic hunter and. is considered one of the best game shots. He has not played football, because he was hurt jn his schooldays. He looks forward to participating in the delights of surfing. " He has driven his own motor car ever since motor cars existed. He occassionally visited Switzerland for winter sports and is therefore anxious to see Mount .Kosciusko. He is interested in modern farming methods and possesses country properties in Kent and Lancashire. Lord Forster is not so keenly interested in racing as in sports calling for physical prowess. He never owned a racehorse but attends Ascot, and lie looks forward to the wonderful spectacle of the Melbourne Cup. He took his honours degree in law at Oxford and was a civil menu bers of the Claims Commission stationed at general headquarters in France during war time until the Coalition Government was formed, when he was appointed financial secretary to the war office. He was primarily concerned in the purchase of the first -Australian wool clip. His only two sons were killed in the war, the elder, an infantryman, in the first Battle of the Aisne in 1914, and the younger, with the Scots Greys, when the cavalry was advancing on ■ Lecateau in October 1918, where •-■the 1 Australians fought their last battle.