HEARTY FAREWALL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2168, 5 June 1914, Page 2

HEARTY FAREWALL

TO Hit J. MVKKIDOE • • n v \ *W m ■ ® feansae of the (aftimf Mor.ol, wl ffl is" [earing WoHwgten for Cluisteharch.- was towelled at tha iwuiwrp Hotel yn.stordnv bv the Wel« JiHgtoH Umskl VicttiiiiteiV Assndtttiott Mr. J. H. Fai-rbain-i presided. (lie. pn-ne-i-paJ, speech of tiro occasion was mavk by Mr. H. j, WiliitUMs Yspgto, taw At tke ( assooiition). Mr. Wrlliaws raiad tiwt bo had no deuH tlwt Mr B.ev«mig-e. wliifo it.i Wellf.tigtoii. had dmio MM-re for tho Trade than auvo-sk- cfae whom to had known- in hfe fo-rtv wan' espewneo of tho .oity: Mr. ttiltia-li-is oxp.r«.ssly stated that be did not wi*li tft tm-dei-ratt; t-he valiw of t-lio warii of o«ors. It was jww seven years siiieft Air. Ifcvendge had becoma associated with the licsn-spd te A-SMoi-ation. A few atmth.* sifter

loimng tlws assoeifttion he h-n-d Wonic a eosjimttefiraan, then secretary, a«d for ; tli.6 Ja*t lovt-r years he, had been tii<s ■■ president. He ■ trad been actively <?,,, ' gaged with the hotoiko-epc-re' awartls for : same time, and the. award I was the best i» this Dominfon. Had it riot been fe the exertions of Ma-' BeverMge and Ids assoeiates, the'awa-fti jvowlel mi hav-a been so good as it wa»! Kattirall.v one wlto wtis so «kk! ft motn-bc-i- of the Wellitigtoii Assoeiafwii was soiigjit hy the New Xeaia«d Association, in which body ne- had held various office? and for the last two vears had been it« presKtent. Mr. WiHiams rrckenod it a great nnstafco on the mvt of the wlwlpsidtj pcopio in the UaHb in Wdliimtou to aIIOT- Mr. licventlge to teavo IVoHington before the Ci-eu-r-r-al JSlcctiftu. Tile Wf-1-iitigtoH llowl-ke-epe-j-s -siueere.lv wi4ed thai some flfy* Mr. Bevc-ridg-e VwiH n». turn te this city, for, among oilier things, lie. had douo evervtliino wliioli w-giifd tend to elevate the tfade'liM-r-. Mi\_ Williams thou pi-psoHtird to ~>'fo Beveridgc! a JiaHrtsom-tt illuminated "«d----clress, in which the siirt»ptortus esni-e*"-ed regret at the gnat's departmi and gratititisl-s for the work -ho- had dnp e in thtv interests of the Trade. His work (ilw address said) had called forth the atfniirafion of t-hosß with whom he find been nssoeiascd, and it was roeoimised that tfte Trade localh' and gpiieraliy would suffer by his reniovnl. "Tile aildress concluded bv expressing a hor? that U.W! future of Mr. and Mrs. Bm-ey. idge w«dd be ,i twiglit and iiappy on" Mi-. ItertT-idge wis -asked to n.eccp-t >,i icokt wrist Wiifch on behalf of Mrs. Beyeritlge. Messrs, 3. H. Fairbairn and J. Dwver endorsed Mr, Williams's rcra-nrlcs. In rosjtondmg Mr. BevciKlgo said tliat thf Trade bad good arjcunionts at its' baefc, and that if all diif their best tho battle would be won the raore easily, tto inucl) regretted liavim; to' leav-e Wolliii.gtttu, .ra«3 hc i hoped that his smcppsser isi the prpsicletitial office would be acrorch'd _ the whole-hearted supimrt of thfl association and the Trade, A vote af thanks was accorded Mr. J. Mamlel for the use of the roi>ra in which f-lio gathering was held.