COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 5

COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.

A complimentary dinner Zw'm g?vpuyhyj||| No. 2 Company, Clutha Rifles,, to L-ei»t|^ ,; Sanderson, of that :Compaoy;, ; on Monday^ . evening. The occasion was bis resianiuQiiS of officii ib Che^Company itt\cdn«quln^fii bis being about to tea c the district. G& j After parade in Barr's Hall the Gdm|l| party, preceded by the fife and drum biuu^&j marched to the Crown Hotel, where "yittp had been. ajfrangeaN.tbatu'diDrier WottlrifD«l| . served *t;ha|t- past ejgjat pjclock. , Sfes^fe '. after that hour about thirty mem fer*Mjm the Company and "a f^friehas ''S&^OwM to a table most sumptuously ftirnisb^^^f^ .'. tastefully. laid out. The dining roori* wa^l|l . profusely decorated with evergreensV-&cf^9 for the occasion, and' arJ air otelcqiiunc*^ and comfort pervaded tb.3 whoie scene, ic^ , may.. b,e mentioned .that this is .the, 'firstlli entertamraent wKreh ba?beeri T givln in'%ell Cro wneince Mi-sa M^eil. haB occupied 'tbtrSff responsible position of hostess that>'M establishment, and cbngratulatFbn^weVel^ heard on every hand fcpon; the liberality 'JoM • management, and taste which Were diaisp played 'in connection -, with Itfiel %hoteft| ai ! ra ogements : ;. ; A,9 an element in^J^o^oryjll done to Lieut^ $andWrson, itf'mayVnbt' boCM out of yplace "fb 'Vda^lhat' the os£# waiter were undertakefcrfby* Volunteer : ;?| Belcber, arid with an ample staff? ot C% assistants, these services were rendered in C y a most ,courteous and, efficient manner. Fv y i After full JusticVhad been^dt^fe-Wtho^l good things.provided,ahanter.yal ;6f a fewi wl minuses '.took place to admit oi" the cloth aS ) being and the table being re- set ~CS tyith' fniits of various kinds, and wbicbj.J j $ere supplied with liberality proportionate kyl to , that vf. t the previous services. » pop . C ' CaptJM'Neil^JkCP^af tdbk- the^l chair,- Gor/>lr Jjl'Bdnald- acting -,;aa-- 'Vice- -Cd ■yhairman. ..;,-.-, .- T; „- «>.-y ? t ...; ;^ Ct ; The Cbaiiinaiar gave the usual loyal and > | patriotic toasts, which were heartily rs« ! to by the company, j The Vice-Chairman proposed r " His y Excellency the., Governor^ his Honor.* the.^ Superintendent, 5 together with theCofboial y and Provincial Legielature^Ccoiipled y> v. h A £'; the narae of the Chairman. -,- A I The Chairman responded r ufitfly 6rr :: [behalf of the former portions of tjie toast, and with reference- to- the Provincial ~C. of which he bad tbe honor of being a.jnember, he^aidin his opinion. the.,, -'? present Council was asgdouV^mple^of a'** x '; Provincial , Legislature a* r they had ever / bad in Ckago/' The 'present'ednip'any^tfad i just toaeted tbem as/'joliy;^gopd CHe believed that'he was at one time regarded! by many of his constituents as a •* jolly good fellow," but now in tbe eyes of some ot them, lhe .was mo^t unjustly looked .upon; :• as partaking 'somewhat of >the -characiilr of^f ; :a; black sheep. It had been. said by- tome that he had ueed;his influence foth wart the wish of jl large number of settlers in the ,„! .matter of the railway diversion at Waitepeka, and tbat, he wished it to go by the FjOur-mile Creek. This, he- said, waa utterly without foundation. f He had ati along been, nnd now was in favor of the : Waitepeka Valley route as one much more -. ■', "preferable to the route by the Four-mile . Creek. a ; The Chairman next- proposed the toast^ of the everiing4-fJ!The^ Lieut. Sanderson." .He said Lieut. fan-,;/' ••': dereoh had resided in Wneaf theif ever since his arrival in 'Otagtf^a'hd he was sorry 1 he'was'ndv^ about to leave rtheniiJa^V his li*e were Uw 'and 1 yery'^.%etwee»^- ; He was; as ; 'it li 'were^ tbe'fathe'r'rof^be Company} wa? a thbst-efficieht'BndTcdttrteoiKr^. officer; and had 'been the^bief i mean tß*'bf£ktrepinetttem 1 together^ WjpVst.^Nbvr*? that /,'he u ;v/as''ibo'^ dividual . Vspbhlibiiijty f *r!wosl<T 'Uit u iih^s. ? .the me'tphers, t»f .V^fefe^PMy^R^ASV' : hoped this would stimulate the&a t% r r,e«|:j. ne.wed -vigpr^ soi- tbatnthey n n^h>,^jab|evtp walk by , themselvesi: ;- tThW Lieut./Sanderson i^ouldsbe a heavydoßßittoirt thero, and their only consolation wasitbatyi .he would be ag ain: to theieause in»hi9jnew -spherp^ofc labor. .. p , . . m,-- . , z>., - ; TKe'toMt was'reccivea with great^e^ . tni T sia9m;iu.y/.";a /r y-!rrr ; '.-^.-iDKK'i'| vLieut. Sandereoa, -m-responding, gaid that he regrelted t very ■ much .tO"ileaveitbfe Coraipairiyfcir' many reasons^ f There wero^ ! very" pha^iag' J asiociafidna' s iri^d6riri"6<Jt» ft "» with their^intercou.rse.vuth e^acb^QlHer^aiiu^* they had^wrdught' dattaortioaßl^ogetner*'-'-^'';-. I He could not, lay, claim ;tp y bdngthefath«r, I of the Company,' %tii he'hisd 1 9one wbat b»i cculd 1 fof-'itr^Bince^itJvras first startediul .IttV was commencM^withja large memberebip'O i which afterwairdaTeirbfl, but wasagaihntf^ a flourisbin^-condiyi6ti,,and ; he waß^hbjJeluT^ ; it would fffyf b^ e cpme one • •of the '^mtiify ■, efßcient In^th'e, .Colon^. Some quest ibn^i;^ the bravery"'^ Bhould*|n^^ . ; ever be called jintbya'ci^bn,- but aß*Jp^th^r,-{ ; , Company, he li^pnldiihaye^fp^^ai^pni^r whatever in lea ; di()g;them agftinst .a^loe, and V)' bad no doubts tbev would do,theiriJdutyaiaj? their Country. HHe-thbught that Company^* No. 2, GlhtKl Rifle^%ere of theiat«nTthasr ; heroes^ were n^aa^'Sf^^He thanked* aU^forV^ J their courtesy and gobaTeeling,' which ha"d""';> that evenfh%%eWe%^s^^ M .^yer^adfa,9ticipa^^^ ■; bad got a local press,, he thoped frequentlyV tdjheXfTofr^elr-prt^p^rltJ".J l^-omk' bf their? nlimbe^ iDplonial IM^ifeingf M^t rM&& V mishap was ' pileve»ti4»-fe<>W* competing; at the ma'tc)igHe^pped^o^,o4^o^olllo; '.- v again tynk^bJ^^nA^ iptegent Iprith^Biodly^feelfiiffS^ they had |eßtß|Vd3nqc;eaß rpa '.'o^ , TmmigVafion"Scn,eme*-}&^^ fPresß^''apd.Tn| r^^|^d^H^teß^^ . |;;-7rh>.6ughbut^th'e\ii^e^h^ , Je&mbaoy,^min'fei«a^Bfc^ \omwms^mm^ y pjaciji .'i^llcj.^^^3W^^^^MS m m^m '-$ laiomcn^to^peuj|^|it|^i^