NELSON’S FAREWELL

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 7

NELSON’S FAREWELL

LORD AND LADY BLEDISLOE, PORTRAIT OF LORD RUTHERFORD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Nelson, Last Night. Lord and Lady Bledisloe were accorded a civic farewell at Nelson this afternoon by a crowded gathering. Tributes were paid by the Mayor, Mr. W. J. Moffatt, and by Mr. H. Atmore, M.P, During the day visits were paid to various institutions. His Excellency said that as an old friend of Lord Rutherford fee was particularly interested in Rutherford House at Nelson College. The impression he gained as he walked through that delightful edifice was how very different were the conditions "from those Lord Rutherford must have experienced many years ago when he was a pupil of Nelson College. “I shall tell him all about it when I return,” said Lord Bledisloe. Speaking at a civic farewell Lord Bledisloe said he had often wondered why there was no portrait of Lord Rutherford in New Zealand by an eminent British artist. He was going to let them into a secret. It might interest his hearers to know that he expected that before he left for England he would see such a portrait executed by a British artist and hung in the National Art Gallery at Wellington. Possibly Nelson College might secure a replica. He looked upon Nelson as a centre of science, art and education, richly endowed with floral beauty, which.' had been to them while in New Zealand a happy resort for rest and recreation. He looked upon the Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research as one of the most enlightened enterprises ever established. He appealed to Nelsonians to preserve th® beauty of their lovely territory from th® vandals of commercialism. Lord and Lady Bledisloe will return to Wellington this evening.