VALEDICTORY

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 March 1925, Page 2

VALEDICTORY

‘ , ••"MR T.-A.'-STEPHENS; ’ .•< Mr T. A.” Stephens, who has been stationmaster:-.at for the past ’six mordthsV^id’Svhhi leaves m a few days* on fltrahsfeV ‘jtQi.Christchurch, was last eveniiig ! /prbsented with a case of ’Loewe pipeA mnd 1 a tobacco pouch, by the guards 'and railway station staff. t Guard - arid inSnaking the presentatfoh^'?s a, id i all' , irigi’6tted Air Stephens's a.fter/’so brief a stay in.-Grejrinorith.--' Duringy’his occupancy of the post of stcitioh'niaster tne work hatfi gbne .Cn smoothly, and those present , ’had ; leaxnt to esteem’ Mr Stephens t'OtH. officially and as a man; Whilst beiri£ itisistept on proper atHenjion .beeii always ready td“-giyehassistaiice ; .and adv/ice, atfd had been the friend of the younger iiien ..of/the staff rather-than “the bossito/b? feared? 1 ' In leaving lb take up ''in Christchurch they wished him every success, and hope I that promotion-- would<>DotCen&?till he ' ■ had reached the “top of the tree,” in tile .service. Mr Rose’s eulogies jvere supported 1 by a number, of others J-resj ent." ' ’? ■ r.-’.'r', . r

Mr Stephens thanked thpse i present for their'.useful gifts. He had been told his new duties would; kjrim him going liafd’d but even so he'4idj)«jd; to find time to iij/ike good , use of the pipes they/hadgiVen him, gnd'Wen sticking peacefully, nt .hoihri-would let his., thoughts come ' back to months spent Tin . Greymouth where duties.,had been comparatively light owing to the competence df ,'Mie station staff. He wished them all good luck. Mr Stephens leaves for Christchurch on Tuesday,

MR W. CUN&IFFE.

Mr W. Cunliffe, who has fbr sQne years been seniormlerk-at the Railway Goods Shed at Greymouth, was met by a number of his fellow officers yesterday afternoon and presented with a well filled'pallet'.’.: • The presentation was made oh behalf of the staff-by Mr J. Byall, nfiicer-.in-charge of the Goods Sheds .offices';?,who, in handing -fife, token of goodwill to Mr Cunliffe, said, not only the staff of the Sheds, but a large number of the' Grcynioutlt business people who had had dealings'ivitli Mr Cunliffe. desired to express, tlieir regret at the transfer of an officer-■to’ Ashburton, who was esteemed on account of his uniform Courtesy.’ and’iex-: cellent personal-..'qualities.' The short-, notice ol; his. transfer did not permit'-of the, arrangements ; for a '‘'farewell,? which was cbfttemplated being fully carried out. 1 .The-intention now was'tb tender Mr : Cunliffe a finale farewell, when he returned-.to move his family to his new location. In the meantime, he.and his colleagues hoped the move would proVb bein' Mr. Cunliffe’s best interests and jwoiild be the forerunner of /further promotion. • Replying, Air ; Cunliffe thanked- his brother officers' for their generous gift and the eulogies accompanying it. He felt quite*'unworthy'of both, but was glad to have the goodwill of those with whom he f '’worked, and for whom he worked. He hoped to -get on as well in his new' position as he had done in Greyniouth. Mr.Cunliffe left, for Ashburton this morning. >r