i On Saturday, Sth February, a number of , gentlemen assembled at the Governor Bawen , Hotel, Grahamstown, for the purpose of 1 making a presentation to Mr. W. H. Har--1 greaves, of the Bank of New Zealand, prior , to his leaving the Thames district. Among t those preseut were Messrs. A. Urodie (County . Chairman, T. L. Murray, W. Carrick, E. r B. Cameron, M. Jlennelly, R. Comer, J. 1 \V. Walker, Thomas Spencer, Thomaa 3 Dunlop, Edivord Cnmeron, D. K. Gellion, 1 S. Turtle, J. L. Whitford, Captain B^st, b and others. Mr. Brodie was called to the - chair, and in making the presentation spoke g in very high terms of Mr. Hargreaves, both ' as a business man and a citizen. He ref gretted he was being moved from the - district, but believed he was receiving f a promotion which he richly deserved. As f a bank officer ho was most painstaking and attentive to the business, and always i treated the customers in a genial and gentles manly manner. He then presented Mr. y Hargreaves with a valuable gold ring and greenstone pendant, which he hoped would :1 continually remind Mr. Hargreaves of the u many friends he was leaving behind him. - Mr. Hargreaves feelingly replied, and expressed his regret at beiig removed frorc amongst them. Xho few years he had spent ;1 on tho Thames had been some of the happie est of his life. Mr. Hargreaves left by the - Enterprise the same evening, and a large ? number of friends accompanied him to the j boat to bid him farewell. » Messrs. Souter and Co., tire Eucoessful B tenderers for the first section of the Thames 1 and Waikato railway, are losing no time in s setting about the formation of the work,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5395, 3 March 1879, Page 6
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