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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1283, 8 July 1886, Page 3

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P T. ( The nsnal v trse'i ta< tar of the East I.’ lL'^ r J. »h’ at the Orange Ha’ i' • even’’.?® 'J ' » a fair attendance men her . ’ ter the usual routine u ;ine ih; . 1 i’ saeted a recess v.a made. (' ■ , a number of the I ciliren frcm e va of Peace Lodge weie in aLten la 3. P.D.D.Q.W C T Bro Sfe Hill «eUo 1 or bis clearance from the Lodge, on account of his leaving the district. The request was acced I‘n w fh : e t the members of the Lodge joining w ifch each other in testifying to the r strem r nd respect in which Bro. St Hill, one of the originators of the Temperance movement in Ashburton, was held. They exprc- • d their regret at his leasing Ashburton, rnd wished him Qod-specd in his journey to the land which he had chosen as his : future home Members from the Dawn 1 of Peace Lodge also feelingly expressed j their regard for Bro St. Bi'l. In handing • to Bro St. Hill his clearance card Bro 1 Cook expressed sincere regret at his departure. He referred to hi.-- untiring effoi Is in the cause of Good Te iplary, and the

helping hand he had always extended to tho Lodge when it w. iat :■ low ebb. He said that tho membe a of the Lodge had determined not to o low 'roSt Hill to depart without some tobec of the esteem in which lie was bell. I‘e usted that

Bro St. Hill would some day return to Ashburton, when he wou! be sure of a cordial welcome from the members of the Lodge ; but, if Provident- willed it otherwise he trusted they wo d all me it In the Grand Lodge above. He then handed Bxo St Hiß on bel If <-f the members, a neatly end tasteful y executed address on parchment. The address is as follows “ Independent Order of Good Templars. Star of the East Lodge, No. 62.—T0 William George Herbert St H'B, P.D.D.6. W.C.T Dear Sir and Brother. We, the ander* signed, ont jhslf of thememb rs of the Star of the East Lodge of Good Templars, No. 62, in Asbbnrton, having received with sincere regret information of your intended departure for residence in another colony, cannot permit you to depart from amongst os without taking an opportunity to express our sense of the indebtedness of the Lodge to yon for many services rendered, for unremitting labor In various Important offices, and daring a long term of years in maintaining In efficiency the Lodge of which you have always been an enthusiastic yet jndici ma leader, and which to you mote perhaps than to any other member owes Its existence, in a heabhy condition, through times that were much ad irsa to the prosperity of our Lid'e. Your fallow-members have v ached with pleasure your self-sacrificing labors in the eaose of temperance ; th ' have o on felt their drooping enthusi- n roar u again by contact and in tvnpitby v r.'\ your ever-burning z ilfor 10 cause, fr' they feel that in your dap a ire Lom in the cause will lose n. rave ch ra i; d

zealous worker, wb evrybrj .• sad ■ts'er of the orm t brh' - i ’’hi that they have c; s- i th f.id that a fast and e vi i.r fewer, and that; u s Iju >v i on The L ‘dge you : .i i r 1 yo' " clearance c lv \ r l a : . es; - heartfelt go i v • a d C tli you will ac- 3j •; . . m- 1 c r expressions of goc i. .idan:d 0,,i ; desire for your h.p ■; e: j and neper., wherever and howa.v:r P.ovKer.ce ca* your lot.—We Leg >n ! • - ’f of 1 v Lodge, to sole ibi our t!vr , d .■ Sir and Brother, youia frato-n J , In Faith, Hoi •, ml cii ,

D. McDonald, Worthy Sccrolrr., ; J. O. Duncan, Finanoiil oeetefa y ; J Mullaney, Lodge Deputy; A’fred k. District Deputy.—Ashburton, July 7 i», 1886.

Bro St. Hill expressed a’ ■ inabi'i y to adequately (hank the L Ke fos the vtvy great honor that had beu done i : m t’ t evening. Herefe; red to hisconnec on w th the Star of the F st To Igo, and ■ aid thr.t if a township were formed at Cambric l ; j Gulf he was rare they would have sa isfaction in learning that one of their late members had started a Good Temp’vr Lodge there. He ■ occluded by heartily expressing his thanks for the very handsome address which had b r>m presented to him