HOW LORD ONSLOW WAS RECEIVED AT WELLINGTON.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 15

HOW LORD ONSLOW WAS RECEIVED AT WELLINGTON.

1 A lady visitor in Wellington, in a,<private letter handed to the New Zealand Herald for publication, gives an- amusing description,of the reception of Lord Onslow at the capital: — 0 Yo^ would have laughed," she writes, " to. see the procession on the arrival of the potentates. The Heretaunga Hutt,Cayalry with the .seediest, and weediest looking horses, like Mark; Twain's description of the horse that was so thin that wheq it coughed it had to be propped up against a lamp-post;' but this is a digression. Well, they 1 were like that at any rate—ungroomed, and their masters in the same condition.' ' These were the guard of honour. Then the Foresters dressed in green, top boots, green hats, with red, white, and bine feathers, and the groggy howes made % a striking tout ensemble. The mayor, councillors, and private carriages brought, up the rear. 1 St. Patrick's brass band of college boys-r-1 might mention, veryi brassy indeed—played to t(hese poor wearied travellers on their way h9ice f after having about 40 addresses read, to them, to all of which,the Governor, had to repljl - The band.was determined that theimusic' shoujd be appropriate, so they played in the most, ghastly manner " It may be for years, and '\b may be forever"; oh! how'homesick they looked, and, 1., am certain',.were inwardly praying that it wouldn't be for years and it wouldn't be forever. The A.D.O. and Private Secretary were; starched up in i a Victoria, looking so Uash and ; thoroughly , tired out, with these joys, that the band- in kindness played, " The girl I left behind, me." This didn?t even, bring the blush of youth to their jaded countenances. They brightened on seeing Government, House gates; but not ,so fast, dear boys, still another address. All the bodies, in Wellington addressed him; the Methodist body was the last, and, I am sure, I might state with his Excellency that he trusts the busy bodies will be' quiet here for some time to come. There is great grief among the young men here, n They .find, according to Government House fashions, that they, who consider themselves the pink or fashion, have been wearing collars witK turneddown peaks, whereas Government House wear, collars with only a slit down the neck. However, tbjs is to be remedied immediately." >■