VICE-REGAL VISIT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2084, 20 May 1907, Page 2

VICE-REGAL VISIT.

The Mayor yostorday rpcoivod the following tologrum Rom Mi- ■■ ■ Watoriiold, private soorotiuy to th Governor, irom Wairoai— Owing to tho stale ot the roads lus JjXCoUency is unable to roach . Mororo, bo will travel to Gisborne via lnmoto, stop ping there to-night. .1 will commit mcato with you again to-inonow morning.” , , . A .„ Tlio Governor is to bo met at iliatawhoro bridge to-day by roprosontn-1 tivos of tlio County Council and by the East Coast Mounted Ellies, who will form his escort into town. An address of wolcomo from the County will bo delivered at the bridge, ami his Excolleiicy will bo welcomed to the town by the Mayor, who will meot him at tlio town boundary. Lord Plunkett should arrive in tow'll early this evening. Ho is to dine with the Mayor and Councillors at Mr. Townlby’s rosidonco. To-morrow - will ho a very busy day for llis Excellency. In tlio morning a public coroinoiiy of wolcomo will take place at tlio Band Itotunda in Road’s Quay and a lovoo will bo held at His Majesty’s Tlieatro. In tlio afternoon ho will proceed to open tho Waikoliu railway bridge. 11l tlio evening lie attends the perlormancc of “Tho Midnight Wedding at llis Majesty’s Theatre. . So far as can be soon at jirosont it is almost certain that tlio whole programme as arranged will bo carriod out. , , Lord Plunkot left Mohaka at noon at Saturday and arrived at A\ airoa about 4 o’clock in tlio aitornoon, leaving again at 11 o’clock yesterday morning for Tiniroto. Tho following programme was drawn up to bo gone through at Wairoa on Saturday:—Governor to ; bo met at Turiroa and escorted into town bv tho Huramua Mounted Rillos, School Cadets to bo formed up in oxtonded ordor along Marine Parade. Staging to bo erected m front of Storey’s Hall whore address will bo read. Governor to bo taken ''a trip on the river in tho aitornoon, Captain Knight offering the Tu Atu 1 for tho purpose.