FAREWELL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1936, Page 13

FAREWELL.

MR. AND MRS. JORDAN. LABOUR PARTY GATHERING. i ENTHUSIASM THE KEVNOTE. Enthusiasm was the keynote of a farewell function held at the Labour Party Club last evening when the guests of honour were Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., and Mrs. Jordan. There was an exceptionally large attendance. Apologies for absence were received from the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, and members of the Cabinet. Mr. M. Moohan, who presided, said that the appointment Mr. Jordan had received as High Commissioner in London. was a tribute to his sterling qualities, and they felt sure that he would carry out his duties with credit to himself and the jSTew Zealand Labour movement. All the Labour M.P.'s were popular, and Mr. Jordan was one of the most popular of the Auckland members. The members of the Labour party had thought that it would be fitting tf> give Mr. and Mrs. Jordan an official farewell, so that the supporters of Labour would have the opportunity of meeting them. Distinctive" Selection. Mr. J. T. Jennings, chairman of the L.R.C., said that they were satisfied that Mr. Jordon would fill the position of High Commissioner with distinction, and that lie would never let down the class to which he belonged. Mr. W. T. Anderton, M.P., said that the distinction about Mr. Jordan's selection was that it was a democratic one. It was a greater distinction than had been conferred on any other High Commissioner, because the selection was made by the rank and file to which he belonged. There could be no greater distinction than selection by the people who trusted him, and they believed that he would fulfil all his obligations in the same vay that he had served the Mamikan electorate. The task for the next few years would be more tedious and would require more adaptability than had been called for from any other High Commissioner, owing to the present state of affairs of the world. He would have to sit at Geneva, and discuss world problems, and one of the greatest was peace. When he took up the work of High Commissioner it would require all the ability of a statesman. Gift Prom Blind. Presentations were made to Mr. and Mrs. Jordan by Mr. A. Osborne,, the gift to Mr. Jordan being a leather portfolio case. That to Mrs. Jordan, a leather travelling ease. A special gift of a wicker tray and beaded serviette rings was made by the inmates of the New Zealand Institute for the Blind. In a brief address, Mr. Jordan expressed his warmest thanks for the expressions of good will, and also thanked the gathering on behalf of Mrs. Jordan, after which the audience sang "For they . are jolly good fellows." A programme of elocutionary, vocal and instrumental items was contributed to by Messrs. R. Peterson and D. Wrathall, Mesdames G. Anderton, M. Dreaver, V. Cornwall, D. Wrathall, and Miss p. Lind. After supper a dance was held.