GOVERNOR-GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25346, 30 October 1945, Page 5

GOVERNOR-GENERAL

SOUTH AFRICAN POST

MAJOR VAN ZYL APPOINTED (Rrrd. 0.30 p.m.) PRETORIA, O 28 The King, on the recommendation of the Government of South Africa, has appointed Major the Hon. Gideon Brand van Zyl Governor-General of the Union.

Major van Zyl succeeds Sir Patrick Duncan, who died in 1943, and is the first South African-born GovernorGeneral. Major van Zyl is 72 years of age and has lived most of his life in the Capetown suburb of Seapoint, which he represented in Parliament for more than 20 years, as a supporter of FieldMarshal Smuts, until he was appointed Administrator of Cape Province.

MINES WASHED UP AFTERMATH OF GALE (Reed. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 29 In spite of the improvement in the. weather in the Channel a number of mines were washed up during the weekend between Newhaven and Kastbourne. Four mines were rendered safe in Eastbourne area yesterday, also the mine that caused anxietv for the safety of tlie Ueachy Head Lighthouse. An early message says the southerly gale which is now lashing the south-east Irish coast is causing'the drifting mines menace to become so acute that one Irish cruiser and two motor torpedo boats have been despatched from Cork to deal with them. SAVING CANAL FEES TRAVEL THROUGH CANADA (Heed. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 29 A new "All-Red" route, to save spending dollars on Panama Canal fees in repatriating Britons from the K;lr East, is being developed via Canada, says the Daily Mail. The Canadian railway systems are ready to operate four extra trains daily, each carrying 500 men, between Vancouver and Nova Scotia. The chief difficulty is to provide shipping for the eection between Manila and Vancouver.