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COMPLIMENTARY DINNER AT CANTON, CAR¬ 
DIFF, TO MR. G. BODINGTON, M.R.C.V.S. 
On Tuesday evening, April 8th, a complimentary dinner was 
given to Mr. Bodington, at the Market Hotel, Canton, he 
having recently retired from the representation of the Canton 
Ward, in the Cardiff Town Council, owing to an intended 
removal to Blackwater. About sixty gentlemen dined to¬ 
gether. Mr. Councillor Yorath occupied the chair, and Mr. 
Councillor G. A. Stone the vice-chair. There were among those 
present, Councillors W. E. Vaughan, Sanders, Newbery, Lougher, 
Treseder, and J. Evans (South Ward). After the usual loyal 
and patriotic toasts had been duly honoured, the toast of the 
evening—“ Health and prosperity to Mr. George Bodington in 
his new career”—was proposed by the Chairman, who said that 
Mr. Bodington, beiug a man of sterling qualities, was worthy of 
success. He had been, as far as his means permitted him, a friend 
to all those who knew him or needed him. In parting with Mr. 
Bodington, the Chairman said he should lose one of his oldest and 
best friends. He had been associated with Mr. Bodington in public 
affairs for over twenty years, and in all the ups and downs of 
Canton—and it had seen a good many ups and downs within the 
last few years—they had stuck together. He hoped that, in 
leaving, Mr. Bodington would better himself; and he wished Mr. 
and Mrs. Bodington every success. Mr. Bodington had always 
done the best he could for his constituents, whom he had faith¬ 
fully represented. (Loud cheers.) 
The Chairman read a telegram from Alderman Jones, dated 
London, in which the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, Alderman 
Bowen, the Town Clerk, and the Surveyor, expressed their hearty 
sympathy with the proceedings of the evening. (Cheers.) 
Mr. Bodington, in reply, remarked that he felt great pleasure 
in thus meeting his friends—men of varied religious and political 
opinions—gathered round a social board. Whatever he had 
done in the public interest, as well as in his own private interest, 
he had done with a clean heart and a pure spirit, and he believed 
in a gentlemanly manner. The pleasure he felt in meeting his 
friends was greatly enhanced by the receipt of the telegram just 
read, and the fact that the Deputy Mayor had assured him he 
would be a missed man. 
Other toasts followed. 
The following address, largely signed, was presented to Mr. 
Bodington:—“We, the undersigned, inhabitants of Canton and 
neighbourhood, desire to express our regret at your removal from 
amongst us, Looking back over the long period of your residence 
here (more than twenty years), and recalling the active and 
useful part you have taken in connection with so many public 
movements, your past membership of the Canton Local Board, 
and, later, of the Cardiff Town Council, we are conscious of the 
honorable manner in which your duties have been discharged, 
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