PRESENTATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 91, 6 April 1908, Page 3

PRESENTATION.

Mr. S. G. Smith, who has held the position of secretary of the Xew Plymouth branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for the past live years, and who has resigned, bavin" boon elected to th e higher position ,i an executive councillor, was entertained hy the branch ou Saturday cveniii", anil was the recipient of a handsome travel-ling-bag as a token of the members' appreciation of the capable manner in which he had carried out his duties The chair was occupied-by Air. W: W. ThornI sun, branch chairman. Mr. Thomson, in proposing the toast "Our Guest," spoka in very eulogistic terms as to the manner m which Mr. Smith had devoted himself lo the cause of the railway men irrespective of grade. Th ( . toast was enthusiastically honored, and Mr. Smith

mi rising to reply, was very warmly received, and in the course of his remarks referred to th e wonderful progress th • [society had made. He sincerely regretted severing his connection with the branch, tint- in accepting the higher position liwas actuated solely hy an earnest desire to promote their 'interests, and in thanking them sincerely for the honoir thcy had conferred on him from time to

lime, and their many acts of kindness, tor which lie was deeply grateful, he desired to state emphatically that he could claim to have always acted conscientiously when placed in positions of trust and where their interests were at slake, llr. Smith in conclusion made" a stirring appeal to the members of the branch to sink their minor dill'cicnccs and stand absolutely shoulder to shoulder, because there was no other way of attaining the objects they |,ad in view. [ Other toasts honored wcr,. "The Loco. 1 "Tlic Trallic," "Tlie Maintenance," -The lVcs," ".Mr. tlornsliy," and "The Chairman.'' llusical items were contributed I by Messrs. King, Treeby, Thomson, Allkins, beott, Kiordan, and others. I