ADDRESS TO SIR WILLIAMS FOR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 4053, 4 June 1879, Page 2

ADDRESS TO SIR WILLIAMS FOR

We give below the text of an iddß to Sir WilJiam Pox, engrossed on pißj ment, that ia at present boiug enteDMK signed in Wanganui. We undent^K that Sir William is oxpeoted to beinlH/ about the 10th instant, when theaddH* will be presented to him-:— jK' Wanganui, May, 187^B To the Hon. Sir Wm. Fox," Kkß COMMANDKR OF THE MOUT DlS^B GUISHED ORDER OF St MICHAEIHr St George, Sir, — We, a number of the elec^K settlers, and others resident in andi^B Wanganui, beg to offer to you ourtu^E and sincere congratulations <">^B gracious act of Her Majesty theQi^K is conferring upon you the honor^B< Knighthood. We are quite familiar^H the long and eminent Bervicos youl^K rendered to the State, and which l|Hf justly earned for you the ruward wfaij^ the occasion of these felicitations. political career is now bo coselyid^K tied with Wanganui, that by havio^B privilege of being represented by fo|H| the Parliament of New Zealand,^H share the dignity of your elevation. earnestly assure you of our highi^^B ciation of your public life, and oxprflß hope that you, together witb tiadj^^K may long live to enjoy the highcooii^H tion of public and private esteem "flK more exalted rank which has nof^K bestowed upon you.