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Ceremony at the
Harbour.
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The Harbour station was prettily decorated
with bunting, the work having been
d^e hTtlTSou^ Board ^lltfyes.
The Premier and Lady and Miss Harwell
went on board to greet His Excellency
and Lady Bridges. Lady and Miss Bari^LSSlSt
aiTSiss Bridges with
boquets, and Lady Bridges also^cerved
asinular gift-faonT the Mayoress of Port
Adelaide (Mis. H. Slade)! The Vice-
Regal party then proceeded to a dais,
wbere the Mayor (Mr. Slade) end the
councfflora of Port Adelaide presented the
following address of welcome:—
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His fexceBeacrMajor-Geneial Sir George Tom
Bridges. K-CJtGj. P.S.O.—May it please yonr
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Adelaide, in behalTof the citizens rapectrally
offer a faeuty welcome to your Excellency as
the lepraentatrre of His Host Cracions Majesty
the Ktrig in this State, aad express our lore and
toyalty to his ttnne and person. Tour Exceltte
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acquired by your BxcelU-ncv in the service of
His Majesty the important matters of this State
will be safegnvded and "wisely administered,
We are pleased to have had the privilege and'
th eptosra of
ertendinp a hearty
willIIIIII to -lady Bridges, and sincerely vnrii
your toriteB^Ttady Bridge, andda^iter a
pletsast and prosperous -time during vonr term
of office. We are, oo behalf of this corporation,'
yoor Excellency's most obedient and loyal subjects.—H.
SUde, Ibyur: E. Eradrell. Town
CJerk.
His Excellency replied:—"As the representative
of His Majesty the King, I
thank yuo most hearitly for your expressions
of loyalty to the throne and person
of His Majesty. My wife, my daughter,
and "I are .deeply touched by tie kind
welcome you have given us on our arrival
in South Australia. It is the forerunner,
we have no doubt, of many others that
will make us feel thoroughly at home
among the people of this State. I am
bene, only at the threshold of your city,
and I-have already received evidences of
the. splendid progress that has been made
in "the developznent 'of the important harbour
that lies within your boundaries. • In
1836-"the Port River' was merely an estuary
of the sea. To-day it is one of
the most important seaports of the Commonwealth.
Your kindly reference to myself
remind me of the magnificent achievements
x>f the A J J. during the Great War.
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lam proud to find, myself in the .country
which sent. them' forth, and I shall endeavoui
to the utmost of my power during
my term of office, to promote the
interests and welfare of this State."
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