THE INDIANA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 633, 1 December 1858, Page 4

THE INDIANA.

The folU,wlii X intonating meeting took i>]«ro m. board the barque li.dimm. upou her arrival at the heart* ot Iho liurbonr The piM. NB n/{urH being Hwembled, on« of th«m iwuirwKuil C'u|iti,ui McKirdy, «xplulniu« to him «hu rou»on !»r hirt um-ii(J l ii.. u having houii roqannti-d, wliuronpon Mr. N.«« Html tliu foilowiii X tcMJmoukl, which, us well n* tlmt 10 (ho Donor, wun K jgn^d by the cabin pn«iiorinor». »»'' iipwanlH „r 120 „thu f X, for thu met putt the heiufc* «'

W is thu aiidunii K nod pu*f*«ngartt on board th« liuUnuu. Ijoiiml io l',,rr Lyiu-lton, huvi» B now nonrly «rriv«d ttt our d.mtUmim,,, (itKir.. tnuxpriN- our hiwh uju>r«oittUon of lltn uiijmr»ll«lfd courluty «»d m«M. rontUlitritiD kindu»«* m»»t-

i«t«d at all time* by Captain McKirdy to evwy individual Otl« hrhe ddi.co a ifort a of a longvoyage arc well known, and SSSSS? JKrSSSS SL!2J= C affable and affectionate a friend. -v Alhough it is beyond our provide to judge of matter* of neaniaiwtiip, yet we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure Srh?^tattng:that.withregaTdto.Capta|n # MeKirdy.hnt one opinion has prevailed, namely, that ha ia a Coraman. der of unwearying vigilance, great energy, and sound UdTh^ eiCaptain, in a short and pithy speech, returned thanks, asserting that he had always felt it as much his duty to bo kind to the passengers a» to take care of tho •ship-that he had only done what was the bonnden duty of every captain of a passenger ship. He concluded by wishing them prosperity iii their new homes. ; _ Mr 3. Ashton, sen., read the testimonial to the Doctor "We, the undersigned passenger* to Port Lyttelton,on board the Indiana, desire to express to Dr. Turnbnll our high opinion of the natisfactory manner in -which his arduous duties have been performed, and the indefatigable *nd unremitting exertions he has continued to make at all hours of the day and night in order to maintain or restore the health of all committed to his charge. M We feel that we cannot sufficiently commend Dr. Turnbull's assiduous aud successful attention to his patients, and the untiring zeal* energy and decision of character he has evinced in devising and effecting sanitary measures; and we hope long to have the pleasure of his acquaintance, and thejjbenefit of his professional experience in the Province of Canterbury." : :. ' . Dr. Tnrnbuil expressed his gratification at this expression of the good feeling of the 'passengers, the more especially from the contact with some of them into which he had been '< brought by His magisterial position on hoard, having been compelled to enforce the regulations of the fcmigra'iori Commissioners. With regard to the assiduity on which they had complimented him, he had buen actuated not by a desire to please hi« employers, or to gain the good opinion of tbn passen.aere, but by the same principles which had actuated him wnce he commenced to practise a* a physician, namely, that those entrusted to h'u care had an,imperative claim upon his daily and hourly attention. He wished them every happiness in the land of their adoption; and he hoped that whether or not he stayed in Canterbury, they would still sometimes kindly remember the Doctor in spite of his pliysic and his iron. The meeting concluded by a salvo of hearty cheering to Portr.JDy'ttelton? and to the Captain, Doctor, and other •officers on board. ■;■ : . ;