GOVERNOR’S SERVICE

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1935, Page 5

GOVERNOR’S SERVICE

NEWSPAPER OWNERS’ TRIBUTE. PERSONAL LOSS IN DEPARTURE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Rotorua, Last Night. Tribute to the great services which Lord and Lady Bledisloe have rendered New Zealand during the GovernorGeneral’s term of office was paid by Mr. C. W. Earle, president of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association at the annual meeting at Rotorua to-day. "Within the next few weeks the present' occupant of the Vice-Regal office in the Dominion, Lord Bledisloe, with Her. Excellency Lady Bledisloe, will leave New Zealand to return to Britain,” said Mr. Earle. “All classes of the community have recognised and in most cases have placed on record their recognition and their appreciation of the great services which Lord and Lady Bledisloe have rendered this country during the years they have been here with us. “It is fitting that this annual conference representing the newspapers and Press of the Dominion should seize the opportunity to make acknowledgement of the manifold service which Their Excellencies have so ungrudgingly rendered and to express the sense of personal as well as public loss which their impending departure inspires. “It is impossible adequately to measure the value to this country of the active part they have taken in'its life and affairs during the period of economic depression which unfortunately has marked their sojourn amongst us. It can be said, however, that it would be difficult to find any worthy sphere of activity associated with the daily life and welfare of the people in which they have.not interested themselves with beneficial results. “With practical advice drawn from a vast fund of experience, wise counsel and inspiring example, Lord Bledisloe has unsparingly devoted his time and energy and constantly sacrificed what should have been his personal leisure in his ready desire to serve and assist us in our time of stress and difficulty. .He has had a wonderful helpmate .in Lady Bledisloe, whose sympathetic interest m the wellbeing of the women and children of New Zealand, charming personality and generous hearted practical help and guidance have endeared her to all. We shall part with them with, feelings of affection, respect and gratitude. ’ - — FAREWELLS AT WELLINGTON. R.S.A. AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE...? . Wellington, Last Night. The Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, received at Government House to-day the chairman and the members of ffie,Do- ; minion executive of the New Zealand. Returned Soldiers’ Association, who wait? ed upon His Excellency to bid Her Excellency and himself farewell.'.' In the evening the Governor-General was the guest of the Wellington Club at a. farewall dinnar cuvan in his honour. . j