UNITED STATES OF NEW ZEALAND.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 August 1881, Page 2

UNITED STATES OF NEW ZEALAND.

THE STATE OF GREYSIANA.

INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT

GREY.

(From the Auckland Free Lance.)

Sir George Grey's new scheme of Locel Muddlement ' having become law, and having been fixed to come into operation on the ls^ of April, 1882, the oeremony of inaugurating the first President, Sir George Grey, took place accordingly on that day. The name of the Provincial District of Auckland had been changed to * Greysiana State,' and that of the city of Auckland to • Uptopiaton.'

The ceremony took place at Government House, which had been transferred to the State of Greysiana as a Presidency,

Sir George Grey was arrayed in robes of office, consisting of scarlet and gold, specially made for the occasion by Mr J. H. Dalton (tailor and habit maker, by appointment to the President under Letters Patent, vide advertisement in another column), with 9 cocked hat and feathers, and wore the new Oder of * St, Georgiana ' with the brilliant ' Star of Kawau.' The procession moved from Mount Eden Gaol to the Presidenoy in the following order :— President Grey, borne on a triumphal car, representing the Goddess of Liberty, and propelled by a gas-engine (Speight, maker). Goldsticks in Waiting— The Right Hon. P. Dignan and the Hon. P. Derby (with ebillalaghs). Beefeaters — The Honorables Dick Feltus and Drake. Husher of the Black Rod— Mr George H, Leaning, TJndertaker-in-Chief ; Lord High Admiral— Rear-Admiral McKenzie. Court Clown—Mr Speight. Generalissimo of the Forces— Major-Gen. Harris. Keeper of the Privy Seal— Mr Greenaway. Groom of the Stole— W. J. Hurst. Grand Fiddlestick— Late Lord Chief Jus# tice Fenton. Physician -in«Ordinary — Dr Wai! is. aouptaster — Mr Eire. The Ten Bcllo Virgins of Utopiation. wearing the Cross of Georgiana. The Twelve Wiso Men of Uptopiaton West, headed by Mr J. M. Shera, Mr Garrard, representing ' Tho Down Trodden Serfs.' The Jobiilitieg, Garulitica, and the Great Pan j<uid ru in. Allegorical Figuro of C!:ao3. ■pilleShiniters and L}afsiv.

Allegorical Piofure of Vo?{- -vUy, cmblm blanonod wit.h a f::!l moon, ft rlonlccy, and a greenback. The following high dL'nitari.^ f;»on took the o.iths of office, .llminisfiT^d by J>rrt Chief- «hntic3 Tol«\ n:vl wore inrcited with the Order of St. Georqirv-n : — Sir G-eorgj Grey, President of Grcysnua. Right lion. J. Sheehiin, S.-crohiry of State for Foreign Affiira (including French correspondence) '. Ditto, Postmaster • General (mails and females). Right Hon. W. L. Bees, AttorneyGeneral. Rear-Admiral McKenzic, Scercfary of tho Navy. Major-General Harris, Secretary of War. Right Hon. J. T. Bojlan, Secretary for tho Interior. Right Hon. "W. J. Hurst, Secretary for the Posterior. Right Hon. J. O'Sullivan, Secretary for Education. Mr Neuraegen, Secretary for tho Troa« eury Gbuh) Floitbisb: Of Tijf Wittstles