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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6998, 22 April 1884, Page 4

The reception accorded at Dargaville to His Excellency the Governor seems to have been of a very cordial and at the same tiino of a very practical character. The good people" there hare evidently acquired the art of combining business with pleasure, and the union of the tnro in the address which the representatives oE the County Council and the District Road Board presented in the Dam| of the residents could not fail to have, a peculiar interest for the Governor. Along with the lisnal words of welcome employed on auy occasion oE a visit from Her Hajesty's representative, intensified in ' this instance by the long interval of fifteen yeai3 that had elapsed since a similar honour was last conferred, there wa3 a not unbecoming allusion to -what the settlera had "done by ] theii-o.iVJi unaided efforts to develope the J resources .of the district, and also a quiet j hint that aid might now be fairly expected front' a. paternal Government in introducing new industries,.by which its properity might be mure assured. Sinca the visit of Mr. Ferderli to their neighbourhood tho idea has very naturally taken- , possession of the minds of the people" there that it is not altogether wise to. be wholly dependent' upon the export of timber and gum, and that, with a climate and soil said on the authority of an expert to be peculiarly adapted to the culture of sub-tropical products, they would, in the interests of their families, do well to turn their attention to these as the means by which their wealth and comfort might be sapplemented. As, however, they are practically ignorant of the way. in which the introduction of these new industries should be gone about, they are anxious that persons j possessing the requisite knowledge should be located among them ; and, reasonably enough, they look to the governing authorities to secure for theoi the advantage which the presence" and experience of such persons would confer. To this becoming request His Excellency could not deny a cordial response ; and, though he was 'cautious enough not to commit himself to any promise that he might find it difficult to implement,- he yet, in thanking them for their address and congratulating them on their past success, expressed the earnest hope that their desires and. expectations in connection with the establishment of new industries might be fulfilled. ' Hie words were encouraging, as became a Governor's words to be, and will, no doubt, tend to strengthen the resolution of the settlers in that quarter to give a new direction to their activities; and, along with. His Excellency, all who wish increased prosperity to that important district will unite in the hope that their expectations may soon be realised. Their simplicity and honesty of purpose will be held in the estimation of all as entitling them to euccesa. . ■ "