VICE-REGAL ACTIVITIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20898, 13 June 1931, Page 8

VICE-REGAL ACTIVITIES.

The coming of a Parliamentary session means that the GovernorGeneral and the Lady Bledisloe are returning to Wellington, where they will be claimed by official duties for some months. As a result, the manifestations of interest in every phase of New Zealand life, which both have shown ever since their arrival, will be necessarily circumscribed until they are released again by the session's end. It is appropriate to acknowledge with gratitude how wide, all-comprehending and understanding that interest has proved. Before he came the Governor-General was preceded by his reputation as an acknowledged authority on farming, especially grass-land farming. It was natural to expect that on that subject, the most important within the bounds of New Zealand, he would be a help•ful and sympathetic observer and commentator. The expectation has 1 not been disappointed, but rather i exceeded. The farmers of New Zea- | land have had from His Excellency much advice of the most practical | and valuable kind, on problems of ! first-class importance to themselves. But his interest has been by no means confined to the farm and the fortunes of 'the farmer. He has concerned himself with every phase of the country's industrial activities and has had helpful suggestions to make concerning them all. _ Those who are active in campaigning for New Zealand's secondary industries, and appealing to the public for support, have had their claims endorsed by the Governor-General, who has furnished the valuable addendum that Britain should be considered next. But the services His Excellency has done the country have not stopped at material things. He has, perhaps, not been happier than when meeting gatherings of young New Zealanders, and impressing on them what religion, character, family life and pride of race have contributed toward the development of the Empire. Brief though their sojourn in New Zealand has been, the Governor-General and the Lady Bledisloe have familiarised themselves with all phases of its life, have shown insight and sympathy wherever they have gone, and have created the universal hope that they will remain for many years as official representatives of Their Majesties in this Dominion.