THE GOVERNORS VISIT TO INGLEWOOD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12040, 9 August 1902, Page 5

THE GOVERNORS VISIT TO INGLEWOOD.

On Monday last [ His Excellency', the Governor paid an official visii to Inglewood, When he ■ laid; the foundation 'of a Presbyterian Church. His Excellency >vas received as . the station by the Rev. Mr. Osborne, by whom the Rev. Mr. Hutson, the Rev;' Mr. Spiers, and . Mr. Kiohblls. (chairman), were presented to him. ilr/Sytnes, M.H.R., was also present,';:'Mr."-'-.Trimble,. chairman of the Moa : Road ] Board, 1 and other i representative men. The Inglewood HiSes, under Captain Leech and Lieutenant Thomson, were en the platform, and formed a guard of honour, while the Inglewood division.of the rlawera Mounted Rifles,'", under Lieutenant Percival, . were drawn lip, outside J .the ; station, ; and - formed an escort.; for His. Excel lenoy's carriage.: ! ; His Excellency'was ; driven direct to the site of the church building, on reaching which he at once took up a position near the stone, being supported, on all sides by the various clergy and the Presbytery "committee and officers. • The Rev. Mr. Osborne opened I the proceedings with a short ? address, pointing out that it was an honour' for anyone, :no matter how,-: exalted, ; ; to lay the foundation-stone of a church, ' and \ the appropriateness in the present instance in Earl Banfurly : performing tho ceremony, e the] church being »■ named after His* Excel*, lency's family name, "Knox." -'-: His Excellency i, then expressed ~ the pleasure it gave him to take part in the < ceremony, and ' referred pleasantly.to the remarks of the Moderator »as to * unity of working, and also 'referred to the necessity while seeking to erect edifices in towns, not to forget the spiritual requirements of those pioneers of settlement -\ who were totally, unable: to get into towns to worship, and who seldom, if ever, saw a clergyman amongst them. . His Excellency was then driven back to his railway car for I * short rest, ; af tec : which he ; was ; escorted to the: Foresters' Hall, where the members of the church had prepared an excellent lunch. - ■ ' The Rev. Mr. Orborne proposed the health of the Governor in brief but telling words, the proposition being received with acclamation. vV' - .. - '-"'-. : - t ' : His Excellency, in .; reply, spoke: of » the pleasure";it had given him to be present, ; and referred to' tho flourishing condition of. the district. -Ho; assured them lie kept him-; ;self v well: versed in their ' material ; advance- • ment, arid;concluded by' assuring them that. 1 that: advancement was as yet only : in its infancy. ,: y '-.-'' ■<■■...■ ' ,A citizens' lunch was provided at the Inglewood Hotel, Mr. . Nicholls, chairman of the : Town Board, occupying the chair. Mr. Nicholls' proposed : the toa3t of "His Excellency- the Governor." * .The toast was ■ drunk with musical honours. His Excellence who was greeted with prolonged applause.' spoke of th* project he was now interested in of establishing a Veterans' Home. He said the New Zealanders who had come; back had' passed '-through all their works With signal credit. '.: They had not been mixed up in any of the scandals-there wot no blots on them fer their records, but they could not forgot that there were many ■ :: who ; had not come -beck—never could- come hrok There wore a l so many who had come "Buck', hut not in health, some with their lives hliyhtrd; onlv the other dav. while m Auoklend he saw Lieutenant . Considine in the t"- no«pH"l lying on his hack, unable to get up— ' ' probably' never would get up again—and oth»v K# <h«r'e were in a more or less hapless I condition. ~ . -». -ri_„„iTV toast list hem* completed, His Excellency was again escorted to his carriage and. with the Mounts.RHK« escort. was driven down to the Maketawa Dairy &®£y*«? conducted over it by the manar r. Mr. Johnston, evincing considerable int«rMt.in alVhfl saw for which he to TmrWood, and entrained , for Tariki. whore he per- -. formed the ceremony of publicly opening the ' now railway station, and then proceeded on his way to Stafford. /