The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

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PRESENTATION.

On Friday, upwards of fifty of the workmen employed
at the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Company's worke in Birkenhead, met at thc
house of Mr. Rheden, the ..Bird-in-Hand, for the Pr—
of presenting the foreman .of the locomotive del—
Vith a token of their.esteem for him, on leaving the em-
PloYment of the company. Such an event must prove
highly gratifying to all parties. Here is a man who for
Years has been employed by the t ornr
fact:--

aany, and given satis-

—tion to the directors of that company, whilst, at the
same time, his conduct .has been so highly appreciated by
those over whom he has acted•as waster, that, on his de-
parture for another engagement ;in a distant part of the
country, the men spontaneougiy raised a very handsome
8401 of money, for the purpose of ,presenting him with a
substantial memorial of their reaped and esteem. This
consisted of a richly-chased massive gold lever watch, and
valuable case of mathematical 'instruments. On the
'/Iner case of the watch was engraved the following

• " Presented to •
Mr. TnoEAs
By the Workmen and others connected with the
8., L., and C. J. Railway Works,
• Birkenhead,
As a Token of respect and esteem.
The D., July 7th, 1.851."
thins sat down to an excellent dinner, almost every-
worthy Mann being most abundantly supplied by the
Mr. Tria„.„„cBt. lir- George Hill oceapied the chair, and
loyal andB RiehardSoll the vice-chair. After the usual chpatriotic toasts had been done honour to, the
givt,inan acceded to the toast of the evening. After
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a ''''''factorY account of the state of the funds
eh had been sub 'bed he said Mr. Allan had been
nlanY years in the's:melee of the company, and bad mani-
so
e,sted much talent, that he deserved to be at the top of
Lne tree, and he (the chairman) trusted,
he as he was sure
they all did, that ere long, in the serviee was about to
ellter upon, he would soon reach that position._
chairman
eneens.) After presenting the testimonial, the eh
eolleit MAllan,
uied by pttposing the health of r. and may
Etleeess attend him. The toast was drunk with repeated
cheering. Mr. Allan responded in a feeling speech, in
the course of which he.said it was no vain boast, but the
,with, that he had done his duty to his employers, whilst
he had never forgotten what was due .to those under him,
and should be happy at any time to meet them anywhere
Where steam could drive them. He trusted they would
saPport his successor, Mr. Winter, as well as they had
sa,Pnorted him, and concluded with proposing the health
151 the directors of the company. The Vice-president next
trianosed.the health or Mr. Douglas, engineer of the line.
for,RahY Proposed the health of Mr.-e Winter, the new
raG"4ll;to which Mr. Winter reonded, and, after sere-
her toasts had been drunk, the company separated-
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