MR P. SELIG.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17701, 1 March 1923, Page 7

MR P. SELIG.

E yr fb°« I>RESS i f COMPAN y - | i | f - I P 1 •. that HS I sadness awomblcd »r;:i ifternofDi •' j of the 1 hN«I- 1 of farewrell ferflterday relinquished the |jr „{ tie company alter lif£L"wHh the company, over ( spent as manager. | IWgLLiAirA manager et I.he | IKa. ii- i"-- I ' l '-'; 1 -! ||;toartmeut was siruiigly j §§§; t tribute to the ejtcem j SSir'Sellf is llC ' ),] '' ! ian l ; employ of the I'resi i' ja id that the gathering nttom all departments of ■g Mr Sclig 'a many good E hlj ability as a newsand to the tact | in all mattors ton-f-SF&t tompany. All knew ISlhad been bestowed jnfifa at tho rocont confovProprietors' jSy fcfa efforts on tlicir beWW advertising agencies BSiuJiiad also acknowledged (gS.. to him for the able 1 1.. .1 ny 111 .a to

wlien he had been "up against'' the aiiveftising '■ agencies. " NotwithStandijig ail-that, " continued Mr Selig, "I cannot' conceive that a man in my position could appreciate anything more than this big attendance to-day, kind ■ the very kind presentation you, L'ave made me. ' In retiring after arduous labour, after 50 years in the and 38 years in. this office, I could desire nothing that would gratify hie more than such a gathering of my fellow-workers as there is- to-day, thin ,Mr Hester's remarks, and than your very kind token of goodwill. ' I am not going to deny that severance from this-office after a close and pleasant association' for 33 years is wrench. I can assurie you that it is. There are, I think, two assets in the world than* which none are greater. One -is good health, and the other is the goodwill of the people with whom one is working. In a position sucii as I have held, one must use much tact, if one is so constituted. In such a position of trust, one_ must have no ; enemies, and as iar as I know I don t j know of - one in this city. (ApTjlause.) One enemy can do more harm than 5000 friends can do good. If one has good health and the good-* will .of the people, nothing else counts. I appreciate very highly Mr Hester s remarks. Mr Hester came to this office as a boy, and he has grown up with it as an institution. I see many round me this afternoon who have done, the same. I think the directors in appointing Mr Hester to succeed m have made a,very wise choke. (Applause), and I extend to him my heartiGst concratulatioas. • Oucq again I thank you,'all for your co-op-erationf your kind sentiments, and your -kind, present. ' (Applause).^ The gathering concluded with the singing of "For He's a Jolly Good l F e fiow " and cheers for Mr and Mrs Selig and Mr fiester.