GOOD WISHES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 13

GOOD WISHES.

SERVICES RECOGNISED. PRESENTATION TO MR D. I. MACDONALD. ''The occasion, should not be allowed to pass -without some recognition .or his services," stated invitations sent out to members of the executive of the Canterbury Employers' Association by the president (Mr V. E. Hamilton) to be present at a complimentary luncheon to the acting-secretary (Mr D. I. Maedonald), held yesterday at Ballantyne a in honour of his approaching marriage. There was a large attendance, Mr Hamilton presiding. After the loyal toast hod beeu honoured, Mr Hamilton said that their guest would be married next Thursday, and the occasion should not b» allowed to pass without them conveying their best wishes. Mr Macdonald had been attached to the Association office for about five and a half months. When Mr W. Cecil Prime resigned the secretarial office to take a higher position, members were gratified that they had a man to succeed him. In ail probability Mr Macdonald's position would be made permanent at the next meeting. He was a Canterbury man, having come from Timaru. Through his connexion with the University and Professor Tocker, he had been specially valuable to the Association, and they should convey to him an expression of their friendship. In the trying times ahead for everybody friendship would have added value. "You are among friends instead of employers," said Mr Hamilton. Mr Macdonald, he added, -was continuing his work at the University, which -was very valuable to the Association, as it wished to encourage such a connexion. "Great Changes Coming." "Probably all will agree that the present conditions point to great changes coming," said Mr Hamilton. "Society has been ripening these conditions for some time, and our dutyis to educate the Dublic so that the adjustments may he made. Everything must be watched with a very vigilant eye, and Mr Macdonald -wiil carry out such a duty efficiently. "We desire to convey to him our best wishes." The toast of "Mr Macdonald and His Future Wife" was then honoured. Mr A. M. Burns said it affordedhim great pleasure to be present. Iu the short period he had been -with them Mr Macdonald had done very good work. The Canterbury Employers' Association was fortunate in having a young man like Mr Macdonald in charge* of its office, and he was thought of very highly by the officers of the Federation in "Wellington. They had their eye on him with a view io the possibility of his holding a higher position later. There was good team work among members of the Canterbury Executive, engendered by 51 r Macdonald. It could look forward to good service by him in the strenuous and anxious times to come. ""We are well satisfied with the work he has been doing," said Mr Burns. '"I -wish him a happy and successful future." A Necessary Body. Mr J. "W. Graham said that as * former president he had had a good deal to do with Mr Macdonald. Tb« Employers' Association -was an important and necessary body, and, contrary to the opinion he at one time held, it was well organised. Mr Macdonald was capable of doing any work which waa given liira. The speaker wished him a long, happy, and prosperous future. Mr Hamilton then presented il r Macdonald with a canteen of cutlery amid applause. Responding, Mr Macdonald said h*> had been greeted ao the door as tts* victim of the occasion, bat ho realised that marriage must have at least sob* advantages. He could assure them that his work for the Association was of the type which he had hoped as * schoolboy to undertake. He" was indebted to Dr. - Condliffe and Professor Tocker for their assistance in the pass. In the future he could assure them he would spend many hours by the fireside digging into such studies as industrial economics. His sincere thanks were due to the executive _ for the encouragement they had given hinaThey always acted towards him more like friends than employers. He thanked them for their tribute and assured them that in the future he would endeavour to merit the gpod things that had been said ofehim. In the canteen of cutlery he would har* a* remipder before him three times * day of the wonderful days he had had in his present capacity. Professor A. H. Tocker said th« association between the University and business was a happy one, -which had developed greatly in recent years. Th» "University oould give a breadth view and knowledge and fundamental principles. It pointed th® way to system and method. Mr Macdonakt had taken a prominent part in tb® work of the Students' Association, of which, last year, he had been president. The building at the corner ct Montreal and Hereford streets, was * monument to the team work which b* inspired. There were no averages m marriage; each experience was purely an individual one. Even if it was nofc what it was cracked up to be. there was always a solace in work. He Sett sure thatMr Macdonald and the futnr® Mrs Macdonald would have a happ* and successful life. The staff at Canterbury College looked upon Mr Macdonald as one of the beet students uWR had had, and his sturdy commonsense was universally admixed.