HERBERTVILLE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 131, 2 December 1908, Page 3

HERBERTVILLE.

[OWN COBBMPOKMtNT.] It i,> with genuine regret >ye learn tha. Mrs Cittadini is on the eve of her departure for Maungaronga. Any city ooiiiu ill afford to lose such a valuable rrsi3erit,,but such a distinct loss to a tiny place like Wainui is nothing short of huge. Mrs Citta"dini has been in tho district for 30 years, and has taken such', a keo'n arid lively interest in its welfare that she has becomo recognised as an integral part of tho community. It is practically impossible to realise that-ysho is. leaving us; the fact is, perhaps, we do not wish. to realise it. Mra CHttadini has been tho f'Good Samaritan," the "Guardian Angel," the ' 'Lady Bountiful .by turns. Is it strange, therefore,' that wo wonder how we are going to sustain her departure? Every club and society will suffer in some measure from her removal; finance will bo put in the background, while tho committees ponder over what will be nothing short*- of -a misfortune. But for the strenuous and untiring exertions of Mr_> 'Cittadini, Wainui would not havo had a library or a tennis court; nor would the children have benefited from a religious training. These three*' are only a few instances of the interest in the welfare of tho district by/Mrs Cittadini, and it will bo seen from these that her assist-anoe-jwaa meted out .'impartially to edUc-vtio-i as well as physical and mora) oulture. We must not.be too solfiin. Wo have been, fortunate in tho.^xtremoin having lurs s Cittadini so 'long.' We must therefore say au-revoir, with a grateful impulse,, and.-.' wish our esteemed ., resident all sort- of joy ,a.hd happiness withikerson at Maungaronga. On Thursday afternoon the Misses Somervillo gave an afternoon tea at the tennis I '; court. The day was gloriously fine,, and: a large number took advantage of the invitation. A very pleasant *i_ue was spent, and the af^ernoon's pleasure, proved a ; happy brealc iri the daily 'routine. There is nothing like sociaKbility among members to popularisfe a game, s and : ther- tennis club gains infinitely more frbrrfsuch an afternoon tea than ; it could by; any other means.* : It is to be hoped that -the Misses Sonieryille have set' .a precedent^ and that afternoon tea at 'the. tennis court will not bo a Tarity. ! - The annual inspection of the school wa_ hold on Friday, tho 27th. : me school closed the same afternoon for tho. summer vacation. Mr Sturm presented tho prizes, after which afternoon tea was handed round by the girls toi their parents and friends. A- cricket match— the ladies taking ah actke part— proved to bo most interesting, and Was a fitting close to the afternoon's proceedings .