VICTORIAN GOVERNOR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 38, 24 January 1936, Page 6

VICTORIAN GOVERNOR

Lord Cowrie Sworn In At Melbourne. i ; MESSAGE FROM KING. Press Association —Copyright. J Sydney, Jan. 23. Lord Cowrie left to-day for Melbourne, i where he was sworn in as Governorj General to-day. | There was only a brief ceremonial jin the Legislative Council, where a I sombre atmosphere of mourning domin- \ a Led the proceedings. Only a few members of the public witnessed Lord Gowrie's arrival at Parliament House, and inside the House the benches set aside for spectators were empty. On a commission signed by the late King, the King sent the following message to former Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs: — | “My father, had he been spared, in- ! tended to send you a message thanking you for your valuable services as hi.s personal representative in Australia. I am therefore doing this in his name, and add the hope that you and Lady Isaacs may enjoy many years of happiness and leisure. Edward R. 1.” The Governor-General sent the following message to the private secretary to the King: “Please lay before His MajI esty, with my humble duty, the unmeasured gratitude of my wife and myself for his most gracious message and our i assurance of our unswerving loyalty and ) devotion to the throne and his person, j and our ever loving remembrances of His j Majesty’s most illustrious father.”