VALEDICTORY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2753, 20 September 1923, Page 2

VALEDICTORY.

PRESENTATION TO MR. D. F. REn). Yesterday morning, a representative gathering of clients of the Feilding branch of the Bank 'of New Zealand, took place for the purpose of farewelling- Mr. D. F. Reid, manager, who has been transferred to Palmerston North. The Mayor, Mr. J. S. Tingey, presided, and stated that Mr. Reid's rise in the banking profession had been unusually rapid. Only 13 yeata ago ho was on the staff of the Palmerston North branch, in quite a subordinate position, and now he was going back as manager, and the branch there, was the most important in New Zealand outside the four centres. Clients hero, who had met Mr. Reid expected that he would rise much higher in the profession, and make further progress. (Hear, hear.) They wished to express their appreciation of Mr. Reid's managership, his kindliness and courtesy to them, his ability and affability. Mr. Reid was asked to accept a travelling rug from the local clients. It was understood that 'Mr. Reid had a rug when he came to Feilding. but it had disappeared. (Laughter.) Mr. Tingey asked the recipient to accept the gift as a token of good feeling and good wishes. (Applause.) Mr. E. Goodhehere also spoke, and the Mayor then presented the rug. In reply, Mr. Reid stated that he had only been in Feilding for two years, but he had spent a happy time. The bank here had a very fine class of business men and farmers as clients. The bunk evidently looked on Feilding as a stepping stone, as business here was conducted on sound and prudent princ'ples.and a manager-com ing here would have further experience of sound poliey.FeihVmg was foitu nate in having such rich land round it. There was no better sheep country in New Zealand. Recently, white on a holiday in the South Island, he had boasted of tho richness of the land here, and when doubted by his hearers had mentioned that on the Kimbolton-road there were farms where three fat lambs per acre could be taken off the mothers and the mothers then sent away as fats. Feilding was a line district, which had never had a boom, and was the better for that. He felt sure it would continue to prosper.' In conclusion, Mr. Reid thanked the clients very much for their kind words and their gift, and said there was no need to ask them to extend to his successor the same courtesies he had received. (Applause.) Mr. Tingey then extended a welcome to Mr. Tomlinson, the new manager, who thanked the clients for their courtesy.