MR HALLENSTEIN AND HIS EMPLOYES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8782, 19 May 1890, Page 2

MR HALLENSTEIN AND HIS EMPLOYES.

We mentioned last week that Mr Hallenstein gave a ball to all in his employ at the New Zealand Clothing Factory, Dunedin, the occasion being his daughter's marriage, and promised we would publish the speech he delivered on that occasion and accordingly fulfil our promise.

Mr Hallenstoin said : On behalf of Mrs Hallenstein and myself 1 have much pleasure in bidding you a hearty welcome here to-night to celebrate the wedding of our daughter with Mr Frank Hyams. I have just received a message from the young couple, hoping that we shall all enjoy ourselves. My daughter desires me to convey to you her heartfelt thanks for the very valuable gift of books which Miss Elliot and Miss Buchan, on behalf of the e Jiployes of the factory presented to her last night with your good wishes for her future happiness. I feel sure that amongst the many beautiful presents which she has received, none will be cherished more by her than yours, not for its intrinsic value alone, but on account of the kindness which prompted it, and as she told me it will ever remind her of the! good feeling which has always existed between you and the members of the firm. May it ever be so. I take this opportunity of thanking you for your very loyal conduct which made you stick to your work during the time when the employees of other similar establishments were somewhat disorganised. Believe me, I appreciated it very much, and I expressed my opinion at that time to more than one person that I felt proud of you, girls. I thoroughly sympathise with the movement that is going on all over the world amongst the industrial classes to improve their position, and I have no hesitation in saying that to the industrial classes belongs the future, provided they use their newly acquired power wisely and in moderation, and elect for their leaders honourable and just men. I have seen so much misery amongst the working classes at home, that I hail with satisfaction the brighter era which is dawning upon them. Hero I trust the condition of all classes of men and women will always be a happier one. And now, on behalf o£ my wife and myself, I beg to say that I hope if God spares us, we shall have the pleasure to meet you on many more occasions like the present, though we have only one unmarried daughter left. We shall not draw the line there, however, as we have plenty of grand daughters growing up. And to you, young ladies, I wish to say that while the firm would like to retain your services as long as possible, I am happy to find that a good many of you have joined the marriage state since we last met on a similar occasion, and I trust their lot and of those of you who follow suit will be as happy as that which I hope is in store for our daughter who was married this day. I must not detain you any longer, as I wish you to enjoy yourselves. In conclusion, I have much pleasure in informing you that our ;firra has this day added the sum of £50 to the factory relief fund, which I hope will conduce to the comfort of those who may unfortunately require it. I hope you will enjoy the evening, and that we shall meet on many more occasions like the present.

The speech was received throughout with marked demonstration of approval. Dancing was kept up till an early hour next morning.