MINOR CHANGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 4

MINOR CHANGE

GOVERNOR’S VISIT LOCAL A RRANGEMENTS' A minor change in the arrangements for the Governor-General’s visit to Gisborne next week affects the meeting of t'neir Excellent ios with the sctiooleltiidren of the district. It has been decided to hold this meeting in the -Majestic Theatre, instead of the Opera House, and the children will assemble shortly before noon, the theatre being not otherwise engaged at that hour. Ifoiii tnc pu. lic reception and the meeting with (he schoolchildren will take place in the Majestic, and between (lie two functions, Their Excellencies wifi attend a gathering of returned soldiers at the King's Theatre. The visit of Lord Galway to Gisborne will be of special interest in view of the arrangements made for providing) a guard of honor, the territorial units of the district being called upon for this duty, which will he similar in most respects to that undertaken in connection with the visit of the Duke of Gloucester in December last. The W.E.C.M.R. Regimental Band will be on parade, for the occasion, in support- of the. guard of honorJOURNEY TO'NAPIER "W SHORT STOPS EN ROUTE (Special to the Herald.) WAIROA, this day. At the Wairoa County Council meeting a letter was read from the military set ret ary to the Governor-General advising that during the journey of His Excellency and Lady Galw’ay iroin Gisborne to Napier on July 17. a short stay would be made at Wairoa, and also stops of five minutes each at Nuhaka and Mohuka to give the • residents of these places an opportunity of extending a welcome. It was decided that the clerk should notify Mr. Wills, Mohuka School, and t V. W. Tail agreed to get in touch with the Nuhaka School authorities, in both east's specifying that Tinir Excellencies specially desired to meet the children of Loth races. The Wairoa Borough Council advised that an oflieial reception would he tendered His Excellency and Lai.lv Gahvav c.u »Iu 1 v 17. ' ’.