PRESENTATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 19 December 1936, Page 5

PRESENTATION.

mr hugh Mclntyre. In view of his retirement from business at the end of the year, Mr Hugh Mclntyre, senior principal of the firm of solicitors, Messrs Mclntyre, Taylor and Seddon, was met by members of the Law Society at the Magistrate’s Court, this morning, and presented with a beautiful chiming clock. Mr John Graham, before making the presentation, said that the occasion marked the retirement of a member of the Law Society and it was fitting that the members of the society should foregather to convey to Mr Mclntyre their regret that he was retiring and to express to him their goodwill and best wishes. During the many years in which Mr Mclntyre had been associated with the Law Society, he had commanded the respect of every member, and in the long years of practice Mr Mclntyre had been held in the highest esteem, both by the members of the society and the citizens. Mr Mclntyre had been practising for 32 years, and he wished him long life and happiness in his retirement. Mr McIntyre had lived a busy life, and in addition to his business activities, had taken an extensive interest in other matters, notably those pertaining to education. Mr Mclntyre was a member of the Feilding Agricultural High School Board of Managers, and members of the law profession would remember his experience as chairman of the Mortgagors Adjustment Commission. The able manner in which he had dealt with these matters, his dignity and impartiality, had drawn favourable comment, continued the speaker, who added that.it was a pity the present commission with its wider powers and more onerous duties had not the benefit of Mr Mclntyre’s experience. He was a man of the highest integrity.

In presenting the chiming clock to Mr Mclntyre, the speaker said he hoped that it would tick off many happy hours for him. Mr Graham, on behalf of the profession, wished Mr Mclntyre long life and prosperity. Mr R, M. Watson, S.M., also spoke, stating that he was pleased to be associated with the gathering. Mr Mclntyre had been the doyen of the profession and had been looked upon as the leader of the Law Society in Feilding. Mr Watson personally would miss Mr Mclntyre very much and his retirement would leave a blank which could not easily be filled. In conclusion, the | Magistrate wished Mr Mclntyre many happy years of leisure and rest which lie so richly deserved. (Applause.) Mr Mclntyre said it had been difficult for him to listen to the eulogies of which, he said, he only deserved a fraction. ' He had, however, endeavoured to maintain the high traditions of the Law Society, and he knew that all members would do the same. Mr McIntyre then expressed his thanks to those who had been responsible for the handsome gift.