THE NEW GOVERNOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14391, 9 June 1910, Page 6

THE NEW GOVERNOR.

VISIT TO AVONMOUTH DOCK. f v • - ,>>;/, ■• > r " " - ' I'J. NEW ZEALAND AND BRISTOL. " : 1 [FROM OUR [OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ' London, April 29. Lord Islington paid a special visit to *'"'•*-; Bristol, on Monday, for the purpose of ;>>l| viewing the Avonmouth Docks. He was much interested in tho equipment of the ' docks, and paid particular attention to the -• : nf huge store of New Zealand produce and ' meat in the cold storage. warehouse. By .* - a coincidence one of tho colonial liners ' ; the Everton Grange, was lying in the '<•■'■ new dry dock; and Lord Islington assured M the Lord Mayor that he would be pleased 1 to do what he could to further the desire of Bristol to see a fortnightly service be- ' - tween New Zealand and Avonmouth. ' ■*"'-' Nearly two hours were spent in going' ■ round docks and warehouses, and among ■""' the many large vessels was the Englishman,"' '*-"■:■ - which was unloading grain by Mitchell's H • floating elevator, a now labour-saving de- - vice only just put into use. The elevator "': has the advantage that it can be brought to . ' the ship at any. place by a tug and the- • : j cargo discharged at any place convenient. ' *'' In the old system, of course, the ship had;. : to be brought to the elevator. When it ia stated that the machine is capable of un- - loading from 80 to 120 tons of grain per. ~;■■''■ hour, and at a reduced cost of 50 per cent, ..? compared with the old system, the im- f " J " '"■ portance of this latest addition to the equip- "* ment of the dock will be readily, appre- J ' ciated. • . , - .."'* At the end of the inspection Alderman ;.■ Twiggs and the Lord Mayor expressed " their pleasure at Lord Islington's visit. "'* * 1 The. Governor-designate thanked the" : ■ Lord Mayor for the compliment paid him ' • ~ in inviting him to see the splendid docks. '«f- : . He sincerely trusted that during, the >£:■' period of his tenure of office as. Governor j,':!. of New Zealand he would be able to ?■'"' . I watch an uninterrupted progress of trade -- between the Dominion and the Mother : - :i Country. He confidently anticipated that- ■■ an appreciable amount of that increased -... - , trade would find its way to" Bristol, which «-' had now equipped itself so admirably and efficiently with every kind of modern "'*'■'■ arrangement. ~ ! !',"•" f'i Qn : returning ;to Bristol, Lord Islington * was entertained at luncheon by the Lord * Mayor, at the Mansion Houee. . . , -'. ... ..-•■ ■ .. .■ . .•' ' , ..... , ■- : —r— i ' - - THE GOVERNOR'S TITLE. ' j New Zealanders have . been very curious f during the last week or two as to the ' ! \ territorial designation which Sir John *' Dickson-Poynder -would choose for ha title. Yesterday, -the new peer, sponsored " ' by Lord .■. Balfour of Burleigh and Lord ' Welby, took his seat in the House of • - Lords, and it has been announced that his new title is Lord Islington, inspired by ' , the well-known. London suburb, where he ". is the owner of property. A society paper ' says that the wife of the Governor- "'■ , designate "'hs a capital amateur actress, and has a talent for mimicry that is"' 1 '" most, amusing. Her dress is always of ;?; \ the picturesque order, and she shows a ' ', decided love for, and a thorough -under- fl standing of, colour. One of her sisters '■'••M is the wife of a very distinguished sol- ■, dier, Colonel David Henderson, C.8., D.5.0., who is temporary brigade-general. ' ' Another younger sister, (is unmarried. • Lord Islington has made two staff ap- ' ,--': pointments. . Mr. Robin Kerr Clark will - accompany his lordship as private sec- -"' tary. He is a: son of Mr. John Kerr Clark, formerly of Crossbasket, Scotland, I and married, in July last year. Lady Beatrice' Moore, daughter of the late Earl of ! s Drogheda. Mr. Robin Kerr Clark is not iWBk ' new to the antipodes, as he served on ■'Mm Sir Harry 'Rawson's staff during the five years that Sir Harry was Governor of " .New South Wales. One of the A.D.C. 5 * ■ ; is to be Captain M. E. Makgill CrichtonMaitland, who is in'the Grenadier Guards**- ■* J iand saw service in. South Africa in- 1902. ; , -,•',- • - ■-