New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 55

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✨ Governor's Speech

Num. 55. 1613

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1904.

THE Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of New Zealand was this day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the following

S P E E C H.

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,—

His Most Gracious Majesty having appointed me his Representative in New Zealand, I am delighted, immediately after my arrival, to meet you in Parliament assembled.

The continued good health of His Majesty the King will be to you and to all his loyal subjects in New Zealand a matter for sincere congratulation.

The very warm and enthusiastic welcome accorded me upon my first landing on your shores was a striking evidence of New Zealand’s loyalty and devotion to the Throne, and I personally deeply appreciated the cordial words of welcome and encouragement extended to me as His Majesty’s Representative.

I have not as yet had an opportunity of making myself acquainted with the colony, its people, and resources, but I am eagerly looking forward to making extended visits throughout your beautiful and most interesting land.

My predecessor on first addressing you said that, with careful administration and reasonable opportunities, the colony had a great future before it. These words were prophetic, and have been fully realised. It will ever be my pleasure strenuously to assist in giving effect to your highest aspirations and ideals, and to the maintenance and the continuance of the prosperity now existing.

During the reception, on the day of my arrival, I noticed with pleasure what a fine body of men you possessed in your Permanent Force and Volunteers. The smart and military bearing of your school cadets particularly delighted me. I consider this movement well designed and far-reaching in its effects. If the martial spirit thus ingrained in the boy is subsequently fostered and encouraged in the young man, the word “conscription,” so repugnant to a free people, may well be considered as removed from the vocabulary of the colony.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 55

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Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
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