OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10441, 29 April 1910, Page 4

OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

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. (Per Press Asmktatiov. ■ Received April 29. at 9.30 a.m. London, April 2S. ' Lord Dicksoti-Poynd.-r's title is Huron Islington. ' The West India;'. C!ii!> hniirjitetocl Lord Dickson-i'o\ ml. r. f ii.veriinr-elert of .Vow Zealand.' Sir IV.ni. 1 .M.»rri--pr t "led. and Mr H;i 11-J. in. ■< v.-a a proBent. Lord Poynder said In- linked forward •'■■'■ hope and p!<a-tnv to th'prospect .... tin' high and re-po!'. = ;b!e position. H>- intended t'> thro-.-.- hims>■]:' actively and sympathetically into i'ltsocial and industrial !■:.• i.f New Zealand. Hi' advocated a reciprocal arrangement Canada and the West Indies. The West Indian traders with foreign connections feared the resentment of foreign countries, bin Lord Poynder Iclieved those apprehensions were exaggerated, lie did not believe the family arrangement Would be regarded a< an hostile act if discreetly and .iwdii-ioii.-ly established between tin- competent parts of the Empire.

Lord Poynder has taken his; scat as Baron Islington in Devon.