THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1924, Page 4

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

VISIT TO TARANAKI. WELCOMES ALL ALONG LINE ARRIVAL AT NEW PLYMOUTH. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. A welcome as warm as it was spontaneous greeted Their Excellencies Viscount and Lady Jellicoe when they stepped from the mail train at New Plymouth last night to pay a farewell visit to Taranaki’s capital town. Their Excellencies joined the train at Aramoho and travelled in the Vice-Regal car. At all the stopping places en route to New Plymouth they were enthusiastically greeted by large crowds, the proceedings at Eltham being added to by the music of the town bend. The greet-* ings had the effect of delaying the train, which was fifteen minutes late in arriving at New Plymouth. Their Excellencies were accompanied by the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, Lieut-Commander Dove, A.D.C., and Captain Curtis, private secretary. At the • New Plymouth station the party was met by the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson), who briefly and informally expressed the pleasure it gave the people of New Plymouth that Their Excellencies should pay another visit ta the town before leaving New Zealand. The Mayor then accompanied the party to the Criterion Hotel, where another, cordial greeting was extended, and where Lady Jellicoe expressed her appreciation of the arrangements that had been made for her stay. Viscount Jellicoe proceeded almost immediately to the Masonic functions in the Whiteley and Workers’ Social Halls. There was an attendance of about 400. Lady Jelli-

coo then received the Mayoress, and later, accompanied by the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, attended a dance given in her honour by the Victoria League. Owing to the fact that His Excellency desired to attend the Masonic functions without delay, the formal welcome at the station with a guard of honour was deleted from the programme. This morning, Viscount Jellicoe and the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe will be the guests of the New Plymouth Golf Club at the links at Waiwakaiho. Thia afternoon His Excellency will "unveil the cenotaph erected to the memory of New Plymouth’s soldier dead, and in the evening the Vice-Regal party will attend the Choral Society’s production of “The Creation” at the Empire Theatre. They will .complete the day’s ments by attending the New Plymouth territorials’ annual ball at the Corona* tion Hall.

VICTORIA OLUB DANCE. AN ENJOYABLE FUNCTION Lady Jellicoe and the Hon. Lucy Jeh iicoe were the guests di tihe Victoria! Club a/t a dance in the Victoria Leagufli rooms lust night. A great deal of tim4 had\ keen spent by the committee in prejtaring the ball room, and the resultf was ,a very picturesque scene of de* coration. Wall brackets and oocasioMA taibM carried vases of arum lilies, narcissi and freeaias, the roof balcony being adapted for sitting out and il* laminated with multi-coloured eteetrftq lights. Supper was served on smaty tables brought into the bail roonu which were decorated with .buncheq white primroses, violets and grape hya» cinths. i Her Excellency, wearing a cerise btjb caded satin gown, relieved by eimpa| diamond ornaments, arrived shortly ter nine o’clock, accompanied by t>lMj Hon. Jjttey Jellicoe, who wore a .pink; taffeta frock, with ailver lace bertha aM peaj-l necklace. The ladies were eg* corted by Captain Southey, A.D.C., and! Mr. H. G. Andrews, representing thq Victoria Club committee, the latter in* trod'Ufclng the visiltors to the acting president of the local branch of tb*| Victoria League, Mrs. F. S. Johns. After formal introductions to mem* bers of the committee dancing was com* nwnced and continu'd, with an interval for supper, until a little after eleven <?'clock, when His Excellency the Governor General arrived, accompanit-. jy the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson). Tire vice regal party departed ahortly afterwards and dancing was resumed by the remaining guests. The committee responsible for organising the function comprised Misses D. Baker. O. Shaw, M. Sladden. B. Griffith#, P. Greig and N. Dell (honorary secretary) and Messrs G. M. Spence, A. W. Page. H. G. Andrews, K. Neal, L Roy and C. Morgan. The ball room decorations were carried out by Mrs. F. S, Johns and the supper and table decorations by Misses B. Barthorp and E. Fookes.