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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 70, 16 December 1907, Page 8

'At the quarterly meeting qf..the ■Wclliugton Poultry, Pigeon,. and 'Canary ■ Society, held on Friday evening, advantage; was taken of the occasion to present to ,jir. . Alex. Simpson, the energetic. trciisiiror, a handsomo baromotor, . in appreciation of tho very valuablo sorvicos he has rendered the Society for . somo years past,. ~,Mr. T. .J. Leighton; (Chairman) made, the presentation, and in a Few well-chosen remarks eulogised the services of Mr. Simpson; and explained to him that tho vsniouto was" subscribed by tho members in of ..''services so unselfishly ■ given, Tho recipient-was also accorded three,li irly cheers. ,

Tho "smart ret" has touched; the highwater mark of absurdity and affectation in dropping its to/minal "g's," but they dare not forego the "h," because'it -would'.be hard to tell whether- the omission"-was intentional or unoousoiotia.—"The : 'Sket<jh." -