COMPLIMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1127, 7 March 1910, Page 4

COMPLIMENTARY.

HONOURING Mil E. ST. G"EOIIGE GORTON.

On Saturday night, Mr Edward tet George Gorton, who sold out his mteiests m the Argentine some little time ago and returned to Bulls, was n y a gathuZl *\ Blllh l m f to his return to ugim take up and m the Argentine. ; V«,,p \ alker (Chairman of the ■low 11 Board) presided. ~,l£ r *fP° lldin g to the toast of agri- . cultural .and pastoraL industries, Mr : t£ lr+ m these cou "tries for so inff f +) y yea - re Wil ° I,ad d <>»c tora in+ + 1C a g ri ™ltural and pastoi al interests, more especially the Sv g "*"**!' f ] , iad tlle ram ly H OTV ] lad t f , f- Ol l° n f had done i\, and r the Gortons had not don e it, it had &r if 1 " b V he PCOpIe Wll ° then place It was difficult nVdeed to nnd a better man than the late f C Gorton who JiaddoneloVS toastftl^ 118 ' Wh ° Prosed til© •toast of the Guest of the Evening " I f a , ld there w- as no incident in his Jiie -as one of the most cSd thanks. ° 11" 1 ™iT ed llearti^ considerable time, as Mr Mansoß had ■been absent from the Dominion and especially from Bulls. He deeply appreciated the kindly thoughts conveyed and wished to assure them ih. at Tvhenever there was a little matter lin which he could assist in. the advancement of the district he would he rery glad indeed to so assist, iliough he had his little malady and his mode of life had .been of a'more retired nature during the past couple of years, still there were compensations, and he could say that there were very few people indeed in the onstnet who obtained a better insight of things happening not only in ! i> ew Zealand but in the world •through the press, than he 3i"d, and if ihe could not see them witH his eyes lie could see them with his mind's ■ eye. The impression made on the ] ins of .the eye belonged after all to ' the mechanical branch only of the art of seeing. " i