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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18451, 30 April 1928, Page 11

The democratic garden party given at Government House on Saturday afternoon by his Excellency Sir Charles Fergusson recalls the fact that Lord Islington, when Governor of New Zealand, gave an afternoon tea partv to farmers (states the ‘‘Auckland Star”). It was during Winter Show week, and the farmers visiting Auckland were invited to Government House on a certain afternoon. No invitations were issued. The farmers were asked to call, and the only stipulation made by his Excellency was that each guest must write his name and address on a slip of paper and hand it to the A.D C. This procedure did not seem quite the thing to some of the waybaclc farmers, who called at the office of the show secretary and askerl for tickets for the Governor's tea party. The secretary assured the farmers that neither invitation nor tickets harl been issued, but they were far from satisfied. Finally one of them said: ‘‘lf we go up to Government House arid can’t get in, it’s I only a shame what will happen to’ you when we come back.” And the cream of the joke was that during this little episode Lord Islington was sitting in ; the secretary’s office.