PRESENTATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3405, 20 January 1874, Page 3

PRESENTATION.

ills murtity of Jr Containing 100; guineas was M iat6 Coliectprof CuaWfis, at the Club Hotel, last'everting. •.=■* *tr ;•; nj) ' • find, in opening the gentlemen prcaentr.'had met thatnight 'hialth or Mr Hill prior to his leaving foruAuckland, w“®Slvf :S* in WPVas hy the commercial commumty" both as an officer and a gentleman. HiU.wM likejy tp leaveHhia ptaCo; there’wad very widesrtre/d regret, and-alhfelt'-that thrty -Were about tosus&una great loss._ He hoped;; hoVCver,'aaid h$ jvvas Jrtjftjth^ejsting^ould.'join wish,,hixn injfrish- ? that our loss might be Mr-HilTsgain, an( j , y|ierever f Mr Hill <isght wouldjfall w Plgatant was no use ■ ffir lum ( T tp say ( wnat the mating | so well knew regarding thejtealous'ness of Mr i Hill ns an officer in the * 'servi&fof 1 G&vern- » ment, and of his, at .tho ■tirtie, l bbiiging i and accommodating conduct ed ftfrlaw’the public ! were concerned.—(Heaf,.?hea».iX>o All'whb'had i had Custom-house wojdq to do' knew-that hrtre, ! as well as elsewhere; itcould hd utade ,by anyone i mMr Hill spo ation yerydifficult and; ttopble- j some; but he thought it would be generally ad- I mittea that Mr Hillhtd maiiaged m r a .marked j degree, to his dut%.', pleasartt and'satisfactory tp alt—(Hear.)/; He 1 would say, in his 'that i should Providence again o sena?Mr Hill m-this i directlprt, they.Would•'all be 'aS happy-to'receive ' him as theyinow.%ehe-;sorrotb--ptrt ;with?him. i >f[MrtjTurnbpll then:.presented ! Mr Hill with a pumecontaming 100, guineas, and a list of the testimpnial.] 1 He might the jtestimomalwas, gpt' up i very humedly, it being onjvthpught of loathe : first time on Friday last, though the required amount was speedily have doubled it or ti%blbd r iiiMd ; it been heccsIPdeedj he saw many present wno gruiubled becatiee the subscription -4vas 'so smalL; atfdi hel did mot t reo6lte<jt .tn OcOasibnl when the public were more willing-nhdYeteiO anxious to contri^te.,.For himself; he might say that be had never foundtho test,of cqllect“B “W®y be had.tried.the bperatioti, 4‘ fact which showed how .weltdiaposed the public were towards Mr Hill.—(Applayae.) Mr Turnbull then concluded by/hatffiitig- Mr Hill the aedept t|ie warmest Vfjfllto of Rhrttoorttributofs forums prosperity and happiness 'wherever he ihight go', or under”whatovfeat f drfcumatanee’s hia future IbtffiiAtbocaSt,:;;V. rf l7yy,}jj • t. 5 ) '• !;•*>' 1 'Hpafw cheers were then ;sYen.-. for Mr.THill (jjjaiMDily. M ’* J * \* Ai; 1 ’ln replying, a&ifl nptyfind words adequate to' express tudefor the very kind.manner/ irtVri'hion his health bad been proposed and’ drdhk. < ;’/He could only say that, whilb 'fueling"ebrtspibus of having done his duty to thP' GoVerfmient, he was very gratifiedto'heaf thkt hd baftbeert&ble to do so in a way least-offensive to - thec. public. *7 (Applause.) To continue in that libe'of 1 conduct would always be his, aimj ; he ■ ppuld ®?Jy hope that he would succeeclas.well elseto bis great t ‘ Once ffipte he .'begge’cL to return his oordfapirad Very sincefe'tbauKS for a which’-ttiriind-with it the good' feeling of sohrtany rtf thcd& with whom he had been brought into'contact in /the-' discharge of : his in Dunedin.— (!penpw.edapplause.)' "