LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16858, 11 June 1920, Page 4

LYTTELTON NEWS.

I 0 , j VALEDICTORY. > j At the Council Chambers ycMerd.iv r.ftrr--7 r-.-jr., a ga.fh=rir.:j \vas held tor tJi-j purpose of fnrev.'eliic? Captain J. A. H. Marciel. Govtrr.in®Tit Mariue Superintendent at LytteHou, who is leaving by the Maxarua for England next on a -visit to liiwife, who is in ill-health. Captain Marciel . liu.3 lyeec granted a. year's Jea.ro of .ibsencs by th? Department. Antony thes-a present wore the Mayor, who pretdded, the Mayoress, and' Mbs I/ester, councillors ar.d iheir wivei, I iho Revs. J. R. Hewl.rnd. W. T. Todd. and I'. ( "t.. Fro. t, Captain R. Ha-tchwcll Mo?.sts "W". [ 15. Cunningham .md R. lihird (representing i iho shipping firms), Mr J. Vl(>od (representing the* Wafers-do "Workers' Union), Mr V. ' I XwrfioM (secretary cf the Seamen's Union), Mr and Mrs G. Booth 'Seamer.'s Institute), and Mr R. 13. Clarke (Lyttclton District . High. School). The Mayor referred to £h? esteem in which Captain Marciel was hold by tho slapping people. s?ameu, and Jio Jiad b«fn Uio buffer betwoen. tiia shipowners and ejnplowrs, and. ic tlint capacity it had Tcvrr 1 b?en. said of liim that he had acted unjustly | i'' laiyoro or that l:s had made imstikr. After" speaftinj; apprer iatively of Captain lTa.rcit.Tr, patriotic work,- tho Mayor handed him a well tilled wallet .and travelling msr its a. small expression of tho goodwill of tho people of Lyttolton. Mr .7. M. MUler president of tho Lyttelton branch of the "British and Foreign Sailors' Society, of which Captain Jfarciel liad been tho first president, then presented Captain Marciel with a. travelling bo.-* Mutably inscribed, and. fpoko of tho good work among tho seamen. He mei> tior.ed that tho Lito Mr Geo. Laurcnson had always spoken o£ Captain Haiciel as "Tho Sailors' Friend." Loading Seaman TV. Bradlov. ou bohaJf of t.he Lvtteltou Soa Scouts, then jiekod Captain MaTcicl's of a fountain peri from the Scoutw. , On rising to reply Ca-ptsiin Marciel was r» r oetsd with a storm of applause. Ho said hn would bo a man of stori© indeed if ho did not feel deeply touched by tho words of tho previous speakers. He thanked them stiucerelr for the presents thev 3ia,d made nim, but ho thanked tlvrm all for tho loving thoughts which prompted tho is. Ho had only tried to do his best, in a very weak"" •vvav, and ho Ejlad to think lie had dcrto well. He loved IJow Zealand, and ho loved Lytteltom and its people. Ho thought times w*?ro improving-. and that in futuro t.hero would be a bettor ur,derstaTtdm<* between the employers ®.nd employc-os thnn had perhaps been the case in tho past, ire would a.lways cherish memories of thu.t aftornoon. During the prooe<?dings mreshmects -wean served, ajid musical itema wero contributed by Mis? Parker and Messrs Merrifield and Howard Moody. THE PICTURES. "The Final Ciosa-Up," starring Shirley "Mason, will be shown at the Harbour pictures to-nig-ht together ■'.vitli a .Xmex comedy and a pictojrraph. To-morrow -''Tlio Hmiso of Silenoe," featuring "Wallaco Eeid, '.vill bo shovm. Special orchestral musio j will bs at the evening session.