PRESENTATION TO MR J. F. EDGAR AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2111, 19 January 1886, Page 3

PRESENTATION TO MR J. F. EDGAR AT CAMBRIDGE.

\Viij:n - it became known in Cambridge that Mr Edgar, who has for the last four years represented tin* join nal at Cambridge, was> about to leave the district in order to fill ,in impoilnnt position on the Tuapeka Times, in Ofcago, it was felt by most of the leading undents that the occasion was a fitting one on which they could testify to the pood feelings towaids him which aie i-ntoitained hy the Cambridge people. Accordingly, Mr Edgar was im ited to meet a Luge gathering of friends at the Town lioatd Office, nt 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Mr Houghton, chanuian of the town bo.ud, uho tilled the chaii, said that all pre-ent weie nuaie tliey had met together to n,,iko a presentation to Mr Edgir, who had boen with them for the last four ycais and had performed the onerous duties of a journalist with great impartiality and tact. He had been requested to hand the following address and diamond ling, and in doing -o felt groat pleasure in expiating hii be>t vvi-hes for that gentleman's weltaio and futuic success. To Tony Frwvis E»g\r Emi , Tit \r Sus —On tin- mcasiiin of you leaving the C imbndfjc district we dcsnc to place on record tlic Mrrere regret we feel at your departure. We consider that this district is sustaining a senous loss in 10-ing jour services' as a jmirna'tsl on the staff ol The Waikato linvs, anil we have to thank jou tir jour able representation of Cambridge interests in tho columns of thit inpt r Wo wish jou c\crj r success in the honourable position jo>i ,tre about to occupy, which, uc li cl sure, jou will till with credit to joursolf and advantage to the proprietary and il*e dislrut We tcel sure that wherever jour lot tn.iv be cast there is ,1 bright career of usefulness before you We no.v ask j'ou to accept the accompanying ring as a token of our respect and esteem. Signed, on behalf of the residents of Cambridge, Ton\ HoLGHrov, Chairman of the Cambridge Town Board. Mr WelU said he would like to supplement the ehan man N> lemarks. It was now four years since Mr Edgar came to reside atnoiig-t them. When he fiist came he was a more lad, but he h.<d nevertheless been able to steer clear of all party feeling, and had been feailess in the performance of his dutie«, yet in a manner that gained for him the good esteem of all classes. He was sure he was lea\ing without having made a single enemy, and that a young fellow could do this in spite of cliques, churches, petty spites, and a variety of other causes, spoke very highly for him. Mr Edgar, in reply, said the occasion was an extremely awkward one to him. However ready he might be with his pen, he was never much of a speaker, and he would ask them to take for granted anything which he ought to say in acknowledgement of the very high compliment they had paid him. He was at a loss to adequately express his gratification. He felt deeply the great compliment which had been paid him, not only by the two gentlemen who had just spoken, but also by the piesence of the many friends whose acquaintance he had made, both privately and publicly during his stay in Waikato. He prized veiy highly the address they had given him and the very handsome present which accompanied it, and these would always leuiiud him of the very happy time he had spent in Waikato and the many good friends he had made here. He was glad to know that his services had been appreciated, for he recognised that to young men like himself who were just starting life such a recognition was of gieat value. It was a soit of stimulus and spurred them on to renewed efforts and futuie successes. In his case he looked upon it as such. It was quite possible— in fact he was pretty sure of it— that at tim^s he had made unmakes, journalistically speaking, but these were things inevitable to an immature judgment, for young men were \ery subject to prejudices and indiscretions of this nature. He looked upon the Waikato as his home, and hoped to visit it again. The Waikato had a great future betoie it. and he expected to see it make gieat progress. In again thanking them, he 3011H 011 ly say that he always hoped to do hit, duty, and trusted that his efforts would be as much appreciated in his new circle as they had been in the old. (Applause. ) Mr Macgregor Hay, on behalf of the Hamilton people, said he quite endorsed all that had been said with reference to the veiy excellent manner in which Mr Edgar had pet formed his duties. Mr Ciwynneth and Archdeacon Willis refeired to the interest and active part taken by Mr Edgar in the Cambridge Pailiamentaiy Union, and said he would be a genuine loss. The Chairman said there was one other thing whion spoke highly for Mr Edgar, as a young man, and that was he never allowed his religious \iew-,to interfere with hio duties, and was mo«.t impartial, whether in dealing with Methodists, Baptists, or others. The meeting then broke up after several lea\. e-t (kings, Amongst those present wero Messrs T\ A. Whitaker, Hughes, Kincaid, J. P. Thompson, Merrick, Sargent, VVestby, T. D. Liwis, G. W. Russell, Clark, (.4jine, and seveial others.

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