Dinner to Mr J. J. Elwin.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7918, 6 September 1905, Page 2

Dinner to Mr J. J. Elwin.

at A thTCea ß °Hr embl f- g0 H. Corbett In the vice chair * m the toasts honoured «ac th«t mI S SSF«snSB2S S-S^SSTJWS 11111 U| al friendship! " 0t " UPair their thj^o„s t ap^ouTTutt:"Thr& "ran said that Mr Eln-i„ had a^Tcuvr^i;"r ,listrict - d advance It^^Vilnrwro^ wonhy °f the emulation of aH youn ® Elwi'n with°a CIUS n" ' le prose,ite(l Mr " ,uth a gold-mounted fountain f n „. K ? " h fi ht token of the regard m which ho was hcM. . W th S 0 oV toa fl it. Other g ° ntlomCn B P° ko to Mr Elwin, In responding, said tin district" accortUng'To hte lights but SH^sstVS i o. his sons. CM Intor«t«'"" t ° nSte ' 1 " Com ™>" Mr».' paying a tribute to rLirx r ,g ' nnd the Crowrt t v ';, Company. Mr Burgess said the Crown Dairy Company had dono more for the district than *ny other throughout Taranaki, Mr a "• Shaw replied, after which a special toast, "Mr Newton King", was honoured. In speaking t, O the toast, "Tha Fanners Union," Mr Shaw said the organisation was a) power i n tho - land, and would be a still greater power when farmers learnt., better the value of organisation. He hoped the joung men would follow the ad* vice given them, and tnkc more intZh f Ub! i c affails - coupled with the toast the name of Mr Elwin, who had done a great deal for the Union.

*J r . E ! win urging all farmers to join the Union, and to sccuro more representation in Parliament. , c A Navy, and Voluiw teers, proposed byf the Chairman and repliod to by Mr Knight ; "Th« Visitors," proposed hy the Vic<s Chairman, and acknowledged bv Messis W* J. 1 Vjiii and Shaw ; "Mi* Percy Putt, father; of Mr Elwjii's Great-grandchild,"- by Mr Shaw. "Mr J. J. Elwtu, jun,," by the VicoChairman ; "Local Bodies,"- by Mp Morris, acknowledged by Mr H< Okey ; "The Dairy Industry," by Mr I enn, and replied to by Messrs Burgess and Morris ; '''The (Ladies," honoured by Mr Okey, and responded to by Sir E. Larkin ; "Tho honoured by Mr McLachlan; u<wj "The Chairman," proposed by Elwin, who acknowledged Mr Bur» gess' services to the district, wor» the remaining toasts. Songs and other items were com tributed by Messrs Knight, Jekcn Elwin, Patterson, Scott, Anderson, and Larkin, and added to the enjoy, mcnt of those present.