ON TO WAIROA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 4

ON TO WAIROA

GISBORNE VUSIT ENDS VICEREGAL FAREWELL K LNDNESS APPRECIATED Concluding their brief stay in Poverty Bay, the Governor-General and Viscountess Galway left Gisborne this morning for Wairoa and Napier, the departure from Gisborne being signalised b"v' the assembly of a considerable crowd ' bi the neighborhood of the Masonic Hotel, many townspeople being anxious to catch a last, glimpse of the Vice-regal party. Before entering their car, Their Excellencies met in" their suite the Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., Mrs. L. Balfour, Mr. Charles Matthews, chairman of the Cook County Council. Colonel R. F. GambrilL, Mr. J. Tombleson, Harbor Board chairman, and the town clerk, Mr. W. M. .Jenkins. Mrs. Balfour attended to bid farewell to Her Excellency on behalf of the Girl Guides' Association, of which she is district commissioner.

His Excellency asked that his and Viscountess Galway's thanks be conveyed to all who had contributed to the very pleasant experiences of their visit, to Gisborne, and expressed the nope that in the not fur distant future ho and Her Excellency would be able, to pay a further and less hurried visit to the district.

Lord Galway especially remarked upon the hearty manner in which the public of Gisborne 'had taken part in the various functions arranged for yesterday, and upon his intention to take the earliest opportunity of renewing acquaintance with the warmhearted people of tin town and district. "I was especially pleased to meet so many of the returned soldiers on this occasion." be said to Colonel It. F. GambrilL

In the moment of departure, His Excellency took occasion to thank Mr. and Mis G. B. Oman, and the staff of the Masonic Hotel, for the trouble thov had taken for bis and his party's comfort. Piloted by the A.A. patrol car, the Governor-General's car moved off amidst an interesting demonstration of cordiality, Their Excellencies 'exchanging waves and farewells with a large number of those who had gathered to see them off] As a final expression of the cordiality with which Gisborne people regard 'the 'present representatives of Royalty in New Zealand the incident was most gratifying.