BLACKS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1288, 5 November 1886, Page 3

BLACKS.

. f w i (From a Correspondent.) e 1 do not know that regret so deep seated : 1 and sincere was ever evinced at the depar- 1 ture of any one from our midst as was the I < case when it was known that Mr Boulton, * the resident agent here of the Bank of New South Wales, wag to he removed. With > old and young, and with every class, he had, £ by his kindly disposition and quiet unassuming ways.heoome a general favorite, and 1 firmly fixed himself in their good graces, - But few days elapsed from the time it wag a known he was to leave till the day arrived, 1 consequently, people were taken by snr- 1 prise ; and little time was allowed to get r up some sort of demonstration in his favor, f However, with a hear'y good wi 1 the mat- ■ ter was taken in hand by an energetic com- < mittee. and their appeal being hearti'y re- 1 sponded to, sufficient funds were raised for ' a banquet and to provide some substantial mark of the donors good feeling. The ban- 1 quet. took place in Mclntosh’s B'acks Hotel t on Wednesday evening last, the 27th ult, « a'mnt 30 gentlemen being present. Dr * Hyde occupied the chair, and Mr Banner- t man the vice obair. I will not attempt to c note in detail anything that was said, contenting myself with saving that all refer- t cnees to the insst were of the warmest t possible description expressive of the best i possible feeling towards him, and overflow- s ing with regret that the district was to lose 1 the services of so good a citiren,- and of so 1 kindly dispositioned and honorable a gen- I tinman, and with the best of wishes for his s future welfare. During the evening an ' il'nminated addre-s and a valuable goldlereater watob was also presented to him as < a substantia! mark of respect by the red dents of the district. The meeting was *he most representative one f ever remember t seeing in Ophir, and lam quite satisfied it < was the most enjoyable. 1 Mrßoui on, it is understood, goes to the f West Coast to take charge of an agency of 1 the bank there. 1