VALEDICTORY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13049, 8 March 1911, Page 6 (Supplement)

VALEDICTORY.

(From "The Colonist," Feb. 28.)

A very pleasant function was hrJd after the ordinary business of the Nelson No-License- League had bfen concluded last Monday evening, when the members took the opportunity of farewelling the Rev. Stanley Jch'kin, who has occupied the position of general secretary to the League for some three years, and which he, has boen obliged to relinquish owing to his leaving the city to take over the pastorate of another church in Auckland. The President, in introducing the subject, spoke in tiio very highest te.rnis o't praise of the services which Mr Je.nkin had rendered to the cause of temperance in Nelson, services which, though Hindered at considerable personal labour, had always been given freely and cheerfully. Mr Jenkin had been an icKil secretary—tactful, eloquent, persevering and sympathetic in all his dealings, and an officer whose place it would be very difficult to fill. He expressed the League's sense of in-(l-'ibtednpss to and loss of so valuable an officer, and asked him to accept, as a token of the esteem in which he was held, a small gift, which would help to remind him of his friends in Nelson I when stress of work in other fields of labour would tciiid to disassociate him with the past. Miss Atkinson, -one of the oldest and most enthusiastic members of the League, in handing Mr Jeiikiu the, presentation, which consisted of a traveller's clock in a neat*-, leather case and a beautifully carved barometer, both of which were suitably inscribed, wished Mr Jenkin a prosporous and useful future, and ..hoped that that future would be, as indicated by the barometer "set fair," and that

EO'far as his temperance work was concerned it would continually advance, and that in the near future the happy and much desired consummation 'very dry" would be attained. Mr Jenkin feelingly replied, and referred to tho very pleasant associations he had always had with the League, and thanked them for the gift and their kind expressions of goodwill, and said that he would always cherish the gifts r.ot only because of their beauty and \aliie, but as souvenirs of his friends amd his interest in the te-mpcrar.ee cause in Nelson.

(To "The Colonist," March 3.)

A large audience assembled 'n the Nelson Baptist Church on Wcdne-'hy evening to bid farewell to the Re1'Stanley Jeiikin, who goes to the Baptist Church at Epsom, Mi Thos. Puttit, senior deacon of tile church, presided, and lie was accompanied on the platform by the Revs. S. .Tonkin, W. E. Lambert, J. Crump, J. H. MacKenzie, B. L. Thomas, Mr G. A. Edmonds, Adjutant Cook (Salvation Army), -Mr W. Mart, and Mr W. N. McLaren. Letters of apology for ab-rc-nce wore received from Dr Mules, Bishop of Nelson, Archdeacon Baker, .the Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, Rev. J. J. Lewis, Ensign Bladin, and others. The meeting was addressed liy the chairman and the ]?evs. J. 11. MacKonzie and B. L. Thomas : also by Mesas McLaren, W. Hart, and G. A. Edmonds, aX of whom expressed the general regret at the departure of Mr Jenkin,' and wished him the greatest success in his r.ew sphere of labour. Mr Edmonds, on behalf <;i the church, presented Mr Jenkin with a set el' silver Kble requisites, and Mr Hart, on behalf of the Richmond Mapiist Church, gave Mr Jenkin m silvermonntcd honey jar. Mr -lonkin grat'l--fiilly acknowledged the gifts and the many kind words which the speakers had spoken concerning him. lie reg'lnV (1 his call to Epsom as "a distinct t;ne from God." He would not heiy'lit financial".y by the change, but ho would gain what he muc'i desired, more experience ef God's work. It was i real pain to him to part with his Nelson friends. The meeting closet] with the' Benediction, pronounced by Adjutant Cook, after which light refreshments were partaken of in th" schoolroom, .and a happy time spent in social intercourse.

Mr Reg. Gilbnit, of the local branch of the National Bank of New Zeahml, has bc;ui promoted to the liead< office, Wellington, and will"leave Nelson on Monday next. Tn athletic circles Mr Gilbert will be greatly missed, he. hrifing been closely identified with all branches of ama'.vur sport. As an active member of llio Ne'.son Football Club Ik> was not only a prominent club playur, but gained representative honours on a number of 'occasions. He was secretary of the Nelson Swimming Club, treasurer of the Athletic a.ud Cycling Club, and also a prominent member of the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club. This evening, at tin. Masonic Hall, Mr Gilbert will be entertained at a farewell social gathering by members of the clubs mentioned.

About 40 poisons wore present at •tha Masonic Hall on Friday evening to bid farewell to Mr Reg. Gilbert, who has been transferred to WeJluigt:::i. Mr Geo. Hogg occupied the chair, and Mr Shrimpton, the vicodiair. On behalf of those present the e,l)airm.?,:i spoke of the deep regret felt at tli:' departure of such a real "i-ix>it" from Nelson as Mr Gilbert, and presented him with a dressing ci'.Q. Tlhe vice-ohainnan and several other persons connected with the van': ons sjwrtfl clubs also spoke of the loss sport haul sustained through Mr GilIx'i'tV; departure. Mr Gilbert returned liis siraere thinks for the present, and hoped he would meet with as- nice a lot of friends in his new sphere as lie had in Nelson. Several songs and re-eit-ilir.-iiR wire given during the evening and altogether the pond off accorded the guest of the evening was thoroughly deserved by such a clean tjport.

M> Neil Gow, on tho clerical staff of Messrs Kirkpatrick ancl Co., who Imp. been transferred to the (inn's Wellingiten branch, was yesterday presented with an auto-s:afety razor and a fountain pen by Mr H, Stephent'on, manufacturing foreman, on btjhalf of the <'inployees, Mr Gow suitably replying.

A pleasing little function took pla<v at Messrs Everett Bros.' establishment on Saturday evening, when ..MV Chas. Lamb was the incipient of a presentation from his fellow omploy«;s. Mr Lamb, wlio has been with Messrs Everett Bros for nearly olevtn years, is severing his concoction with the iirm, and tho prcsfntation was mad", to mark the cordial relations which at all times had subsisted betwc?n himself and those with whom ho had been associated in business. Mr Lamb leaves during the week on a holiday 'visit to Sydney and returns to Nelson.