PRESENTATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 108, 3 June 1909, Page 2

PRESENTATION.

TO -Ml!. J. 11. HINE, M.P. A pleasing function look place at Stratford yesterday when Ihe central committee of Air. .Mine's suppurlcr.s met for the purpiise of presenting him, prior to lii,s departure for Wellington, with a hii.ndsl.llle gold watch, and .-bain on behalf of the whole of his sinppuriei> Ihrougbnul the electorate, as a testimony of their appreciation of his inanv g 1 nualilii's and expr.-.-ive of their best wishes' for his success in his Parliamentary care.'r. Air. Ilinc, in replying, said he did not know liuw In thank them for their handsome present. The victory that they had achieved for him last November was really reward enough for him, ■without this further tangible evidence I of their goodwill, lie would keep their ] gift 'by liini as long as he lived, and he j hoped that every time he hud occasion j to utiliwc it he would 'be reminded of ] them .and their cause which he had at ' heart. They had treated him right rov-I ally, mid he tl-.-auked them from the bottom ot his heart for their kind ex- | pressions of goodwill. lie sincerely I lri|*le.l that- he would be enabled <"» I carry out his duties in a way that | would bind tliein still closer to h'iin. He 1 thanked them one and all, including those in the on living districts who were not ipresent, for' their splendid gift.