FAREWELLS, PROTESTS AND REGRETS.
Keceived 12.45 a.m., Oct. 8. SYDNEY, Oct. 7. Lord Deniman vacated Government House and departed for Melbourne tonight. A gathering of many thousands, organised by the citizens' committee as a protest against the action of the Government over Government House,' farewelled the Governor at the station. The Lord Mayor read an address expressing profound regret and indignation at the series of events.which had -culminated dn the departure without any definite announcement as to thei Governor's return. The address declared that the action of the Government was condemned by an overwhelming majority of the people. Lord Denman, in a farewell message, regreted, on personal grounds, leaving Sydney. He also regretted it on public grounds, because it seemed right that the Governor-General should have some permanent connection with the parent State in the Commonwealth.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 October 1912, Page 5
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136FAREWELLS, PROTESTS AND REGRETS. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 October 1912, Page 5
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