FAREWELL TO INSPECTOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 10

FAREWELL TO INSPECTOR.

DR. McILWRAITH HONOURED.

v A social gathering to Dr. J. W. Mcll- -1 wraitiv inspector of schools, and Mrs. McIlwraith, who are. leaving for England this month, was tendered by the Auckland branch of the New Zealand .Educa-:, tional Institute on. Friday. Dr. Mc» Ilwraith leaves under the inspectors' ex« v ii,| change system; v ;j*-2 ' The president. Mr. W. H. Newton, in ; presenting Dr. Mcllwraith with a .travelling ? pv nig as a small token of esteem, . mads ' ■ eulogistic reference to his educational work in the districts and ' particularly to , tne help he had given country teachers. The p? speaker I trusted = that : after ; an enjoyable |g| stay ;in Great . Britain Dr. Mcllwraiili f would return to inspectorial duties in tne Auckland district. •> >" v : . , Dr. ? Mcllwraith returned thanks in char, k, ~ s acteristically ; humorous fashion. He an- . ticipated a - warm welcome r for .his, successor, Mr. - Buckle, a man in the prime.. >-j of;- life who was ,coming with the flpw fcion of being f. one of the finest of • Eng- ; ,'-c land's s school inspectors. . _* „; t *; j . Though the farewell was primarily the object soft the gathering the senior -fen of,, the Education Board were also tn« , guests of the' institute' and the president . spoke in appreciative terms of the com* : ;. teous ,; assistance which t had always been freely tendered by the' board's office sftaa«