THE GOVERNOR'S EXPERIENCES

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12767, 13 April 1910, Page 4

THE GOVERNOR'S EXPERIENCES

Speaking at the luncheon at Balclutha on Thursday, reports the Dunedin Star," Lord Plunket said: 1 wish to express my thanks tor tne trouble you have taken, to make my visit so agreeable. . The last time 1 oame here. you gave me a violent snowstorm. But one has to be prepared for all sorts of experiences on a tour or this sort. I remember- that when in Nelson on on© occasion we had. risen from dinner, aud I had gone out -into, the garden to smoke a cigarette,- when from the ;darkness>and: the. boshes emerged a man cloaked about _ the head, his arms folded afteor the : f ash? ion of the tragedian. Stalking up to me, he said in hollow tones : "Are you an Irishman and a landlord?'' I replied: 'I am an Irishman and I was • landlord: and -then he whispered: 'It may be interesting to you to know that my father Bhot one of the; first landlords in Ireland,' Then he disappeared. I also call to mind an : unconscious humorist whom I met at Ross. I went to see a gold mine, and.nad been lowered- ever so many hundred feet, the water pouring over us, when the, man. in charge «aid to me:. I nope the pumps will Btand it.' It was quite unnecessary to say what would have happened if they hadn't. However, things have everywhere come out well for me. The kindness shown to me aa the King's representative, and the care taken to leave no doubt as to the character of the receptions, is obviously but an echo of what is m tiie people's hearts right through. tWB loyal Dominion. 1 ' -..