THE TIMARU JUBILEE ADDRESS
The following Is a copy of the addres sent Home by the last San Francisco mat by the Timaru Jubilee Committee :— " Moat Gfaoious 1 Sovereign,— On behalf of the loyal subjects of your Majeity m the town and district of Timarn, Sooth Canterbury, New Zealand, we humbly desire on the occasion of the celebration of your most illustrious reign to present to your Majesty our warmeit and moit respectful congratulations. As colonists we feel that never m the history of oar country ban there been each an extension of empire by peaceful occupation of fair lands, never such an evldenoe of the wonderful vitality of the Anglo-Saxon nee m multiplying and replenishing the earth as has taken place during the 50 yean o! your Ma j esiy 's ret^n. Although resident m the most distant of your Majesty's dominions, we have our full share of the peace and prosperity which m so large a measure, have attended your Majesty's reign. Wa desire most humbly and loyally to record our grateful appreciation of your Mnjeety's eminent personal influence for good as our Qaeon — as an example of a noble life, and of the evident favor with which It has pleased God to keep your going out and your coming In during the paßt 50 years to the great advantage and happiness of your people,"
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1567, 25 May 1887, Page 2
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227THE TIMARU JUBILEE ADDRESS Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1567, 25 May 1887, Page 2
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