COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 4

COUNTRY NEWS.

. [feom our own correspondents."] .iSI i ' WARKWORTH. : FAREWELL TO MR. W. H. C. PHILLIPS. Mr. W. H. C. Phhjjps, who has filled the position of headmaster in the Warkworth : school for the past 14 years/ has/Tmffife|i? transferred to Kohukohu. Mr. Phillips has ■ been : a prominent member of the Jlasomio ? Lodge, having acted as treasurer for siiV4 l years. A meeting was held in the Masoaiq H?.ll on Friday night to bid him farewell. There was a large attendance of members :* and • friends. Several brethren spoke is; aIM 1 laudatory way of the character and worth -1| of Mr. Phillips, . and wished him much . success in his new sphere. He was pr&llj sented by the lodge with a. treasurer's jeweL" ~~ " i; 5 |S|g§ V On Monday evening a farewell gathering nffi: was, held in the Presbyterian Chiuchj the §| Rev/ 0. Blundell presiding. The chairinaums stated that for nearly 14 years Mr. Phil-. lips had been a Sunday-school teacher and " f office-bearer of the church.-' He regretted ;, the departure of him and his family frcta§§p| Warkworth, especially as ;he knew their St. places would be hard to fi11.,. On behalf of the. church members and adherents : ha, presented Mr. Phillips with' a travelling- i bag and a parcel of books. Mrs. Phillips * received a gift of 4. silver cake-basket, y-JiS and the young people were presented with -V Bibles and the reward books for attendants. , at Sunday-school. -, r< , - ygpft * A large and representative public ' ing was held. in the : Town Hall on' Tuea. day night, for . the purpose of saying good» : ; bye to Mr. and Mrs.' Phillips. . Mr. < Shan- - «on was chairman, and said that Mr. Phil*£§? lips had not only rendered faithful ser-':'-.: \ [ vice jin his capacity of headteacher, • bot ; . a. had- taken an interest in everything which, .. was calculated to help the community. On behalf of the people of Warkworth he pre-' : sented . Mr. J Phillips with ft handsome go}<|. watch; and ; ; chain. s, Mrs. T.Warm pre. sented Mrs. Phillips with a beautiful suvet . : teapot. sj. Mr. Phillips suitably replied. A' „ good musical ; programme was rendered and I'M a valedictory speech made by the Rev. 0,.. m Biundell. ' 11111 T v pi; s j DARQAYILLE. - WEDNESDAY HALF-HOLIDAX v ' The : Dargaville • Borough • Council has decided to appoint Wednesday as theTr'astatutory weekly half-holiday. ."A petition, :; signed ' by employers and employoes, favoured the observance; of ■ Saturday, ,buivS3 the council decided that the weight evidence . was not ' sufficiently r " strong to - f warrant any change from"- - Wednesday, which has always been observed' infjasfcift years. • • •WBmMIMDMSMMMnjI