A LOSS TO THE DISTRICT.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 21, 25 July 1906, Page 2

A LOSS TO THE DISTRICT.

♦ It is always a pity to have to record the departure of old residents from , the district, and when they are in the , very prime of life it is doubly so. Mr , and Mrs Tom Chamberlain leave , Feilding on Friday for Los Angelos, California, where they intend to make their future home, and as the name of Chamberlain is deservedly held in high esteem here, we feel sure a few *. references to the oldeßt member of the family at this juncture will be wel- , I corned. Mr Thomas Chamberlain is one of . Feilding's oldest residents, having spent 27 years in this district. When a lad of 17 years of age he landed here with his father, the late Mr W. E. . , Chamberlain. In those days roads 1 and streets were few and far between, . and one of the conditions on which the , late Mr Chamberlain purchased the ' flourmilll was that Kimbolton Road would be formed and metalled. "We had that much done," remarked Mr T. Chamberlain to-day with a goodnatured smile, "but after all these years we cannot boast of a footpath yet 1" The site where the mill now stands was then standing bush. The family erected a mill, which was only on a small scale, and worked on the old stone principle. Later on, it was enlarged, and the modern roller machinery installed, and when Mr Chamberlain disposed of the business a short time ago, he had earned the reputation of being one of the most successful millers in the Island. He was a man who always took a keen interest in local matters, and for over six years was a member of the Feilding Borough Council. He also took an active part in the working of the Chamber of Commerce, and was a prominent member of the committee of the Industrial Association. In the recent Band contest, he also gave valuable assistance, being one of the foremost spirits in the movement. We regret to lose such a valuable townsman as Mr Chamberlain, and we trust that his voyage will be a pleasant one, and that if he does not return to the district where he has earned the reputation of being one of the most honorable and upright of men, he -and his wife will prosper amazingly.