The article was quite scathing, saying his excellency “did not take the slightest notice” of the 40 to 50 horsemen who had gathered by the roadside, and did not deign to say a word to the volunteers who had formed the guard of honour and waited more than five hours for Fergusson in the sun, in uniform.
The governor didn’t attend a luncheon organised in his honour.
His relative George Fergusson lives in the UK and on Wednesday, he read a
Southland Times story online regarding Reddy visiting Riverton on Thursday that on her itinerary was to made amends for James Fergusson’s snub in 1874.