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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20103, 9 May 1935, Page 8

Upon the arrival of his Excellency the Governor-General Lord Galway and the Lady Galway at the steps of Parliament House for the Government Jubilee function on Monday, the men among the prominent citizens, officials, and other civilians gathered there, as well as those among the general public in the grounds, respectfully removed their hats, and, in spite of the cold southerly wind, would have remained bareheaded. His Excellency, however, showed kindly consideration. Scarcely bad he taken his place than he turned to those in his immediate presence, and said to them, “Keep on your hats,' please, except for ‘God Save the King.’ ” So cold was it that no one required a second invitation to put his hat on, and seeing members of the official party doing so, the majority of the other men in the grounds followed suit.