MOTUPIKO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 219, 7 November 1904, Page 3

MOTUPIKO.

I FAREWELL PRESENTATION. | A large and representative gai tbering of residents round aibout i Motupiko assembled at that place last Friday evening for the purpose of -bidding farewell to Mr McDougall, stationmaster, who has been appointed stationmaster at Mastorton, also to his good wife, who is greatly liked. Mr G. Macmahon presided, and amongst those pre- , sent were residents from Stanley Brook, Tadmor, Wangapeka, and the Sherry. The Chairman, in .an appropriate speech, referred to the high esteem in which Mr and Mrs McDougall were Jield during* the six vears they had lived at Motupiko, aftd then presented Mr McDougall with an address as follows :— -" Dear 'Sir,— -During tho past six years in which you have resided at Motupiko you have, by your uniform courtesy and kindly disposition, gained the esteem of a very large circle oi

friends, and by your unfailing oonsidera/tion for the interests of | others in tho discbarge of your du- I ties as stationraaster, have earned the respect of all who have come in Contact with you. On the eve of i you i' departure to well-desor. r ed promotion the residents of Motupiko and surrounding districts desire to show tlieir ■ appreciation of your "sterling qualities by this address and small testimonial, and trust that you will receive it in the spirit in wliich it is- *ive#. May you and Mrs Me Doug-all enjoy fcealtfc and proui«rity in yp.ur new sphere oi action, and live 'to a ripe old age, retaining a kindly recollection ct the friends you leave behind at Mo-tupiko.-i-SigTied on behalf of the reaideDta of tho district, George Macmahon, William Kipsiott; Robert H, Ooleman, John 'Hagen, G<;prg( Broinell, Egbert Mayo, L.. Thomsor 1.0--. ;L, Moad. November, 1904.'

iSSI °n tokci of esteem .ndapgall with a gold brooch sot with a ri.bv ai>d inscribed : " Present od to F Mcl>ongall from Motupiko fri'onds." After several speeches were made, and the presents had been acknowledged, those present. rose and sans "For .Jk>'s a jolly o-ood fellow," with hearty chocrs For Mr and Mrs McDougall. A pleasant evening was afterwards spent in harmony. Mr D. Hathaway, chief clerk at the Nelson office, has l>ec\n appointed to sucmwl Mr Mcllougall.

Prince Obolonsfcy, the new Gover-nor-General of Finland, has announced his arrival at Helsingfors in a speech which for brevity, concision and subtle meaning would do credit to Julius Caesar. It amount r-ri to this :— "Gentlemen, if your behaviour is in accordance with my views of what Finnish behaviour should be, you will rest in peace ; if not, you will discover that I have a hard fist." The manner is the maffmer of Caesar, the spirit that of Simon Legree ; and considering that the audience was not composed of slaves but of members of the Senate, representatives of the University, and journalists, the speech was not only in bad taste but founded on a narrow conception of a 'bad policy. It is a pity that Prince Obolensky confines his imitation of Roman rule to Russian terseness of language (says the St. James's Budget.") With the fate of General Bobrikofi* before him, he might with advantage have been more conciliatory. Hut that would not have been in accordance with precedent. The servants of Russia seem bent on hastening the inevitable revolution.