LOWGARTH

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 July 1921, Page 4

LOWGARTH

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

The farewell dance and presentation tendered to Mrs. and Miss Kilbride in the Lowgarth Hali on Tuesday evening was a splendid success. Although the weather iconditions were not at all promising, a very large crowd turned out to bid goodbye-to the departing gfiests. Visitors were present from Kapuni, Stratford, Eltham, New Plymouth, and Uienui, besides our own neighbouring districts. The dancing space was well taken up, the M.C.'s carrying out their part of the business in a, lively manner attending to the many visitors. The music, which was supplied by Mrs. Bianchi's orchestra, was all that could.be desired. The ladies who provided the supper are to be highly congratulated upon the spread provided, everybody having sufficient to supply their wants. •

Later in the evening Mr. Gray, in a neat speech, intimated to the audience the reason of the gathering that evening. The guests of the evening, he said, had been residents of the district for the past fifteen years and had done all in their power to assist in everything for the welfare of the district.

Mr. J. Fearon, chairman of th« Lowgarth Company, also spoke in eulogistic terms of the departing guests, substantiating all that the previous speaker had said. He wished Mrs. and Miss Kilbride a long life of happiness in their new sphere. Mr. B. Booker, of New Plymouth, once a resident of Lowgarth, said he had come forty miles that night to say goodbye to such neighbourly and popular people. He had known the jguests as long as anyone in the hall, and could only back up what had been said by the previous speakers. He also expressed hearty wishes for their future.

Mr. Gray, on behalf of the residents, then asked Mrs. Klibride to accept a lovely morris chair as a slight token of the esteem in which she was held. Miss Kilbride was also presented with a beautiful handbag, the speaker conveying the same complimentary remarks.

The guests were oheered on rising.. Mr. E. Kilbride replied for his mother and sister, thanking the residents of the district sincerely for their lovely presents and for their patronage that evening, and assuring them that the same hearty welcome would be extended in their new home in Eltham as had always been the case in the past. The singing of "For They are Jolly Good Fellows" was given free vent, and thus ended one of the finest functions ever held in Lowgarth.