AN ONEHUNGA CITIZEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 53, 25 May 1927, Page 3

AN ONEHUNGA CITIZEN

APPRECIATED SERVICE By special invitation a number of leading townsmen foregathered in the Foresters’ Hall, Onehunga, last evening and participated in a “farewell” presentation to Mr. “Ned” Dane, who has for so long: been associated with the directorate of Onehunga Pictures Co., but who is now leaving- the district to take up business in Wanganui. The toast list and musical programme were necessarily short, but even then extremely limited time was allocated to the debate of several topical subjects of much interest to the Borough of Onehunga, including: Should Onehunga join Greater Auckland? Would Onehunga be best served by Tamaki or the Whau Canal? Have shopkeepers the best interests of Onehunga at heart? and What can we do to insure the progress of Onehunga? The chairman, Mr. F. Bartlett, proposed the toast of “Our Guest.” He described “Ned” Dane as a man who, for 23 years resident in Onehunga, had ever associated himself keenly and assiduously with any project to promote advancement in the town. Responding, Mr. Dane clipped into reminiscences;, and in dealing with later-day developments, he maintained that if it was really true Ghat Onehunga went slow, Onehunga went solid. If Auckland at present held the refutation of being a distributing centre, Onehunga’s future was forecast in the increasing evidence that it would be a manufacturing centre.

Mr. Ainsworth proposed “Our Parliament,” and Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., responded. Mr. T Pardington proposed the health of the Onehunga Borough Council, to which the Mayor. Mr. W. Coldicutt, the deputymayor, Mr. E. Morton, responded. At a suitable interval, Mr. Wesley Martin presented Mr. Dane with a useful dressing case and Mrs. Dane with an inscribed umbrella.