The Governor at the Harbour: On the 17th instant, His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. J. H. Garstin and Captain Lord Douglas Compton, A.D.C., visited the Harbour. At 4.45 p.m. the party arrived at the Harbour Office, and were received by Mr. W. P. Austin, Chairman, Mr. A. Lee Pogson, Engineer, Mr. C. Pinsent, Secretary, and Messrs. … (continues) … The party entered three trolleys and were trollied over the southern groyne, at the sea end of which they entered the steam launch Lady Wenlock and steamed across the Harbour to the sea end of the northern Groyne. Here the party disembarked and then getting onto the northern groyne inspected the Allround Titan Crane work. After spending about twenty minutes here the party were trollied down the northern groyne to the Harbour Office, where his Excellency, after expressing himself much pleased with all that he had seen, left at about 5.45 p.m.
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GRO0133 India: Charles Powell Tronson Pinsent: 1849 – 1904