PENINSULA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2730, 11 July 1906, Page 35

PENINSULA.

The monthly meeting of th? Por.obelio Road Bozxd was held on the 30th ult ; present — Messrs 3. Dickson (chairman), Macandrew, Hardey, Wright, Bacon M'Cartney and Seaton.— Or. tne motion of the Chairman .&• following resolution vra« agreed to all members siding m MltHK*:-'Tb» borrd, re-pie-entiag tne inhabiUn+s ol 'Ac Pcrtooe-Lo Road District, places on record vU deep sfiise of regret at the loss the colony ha- sutOained ht the sudden removal of v*-s Premier, the KghtHon R. J- Seddon. PC LL.D Plan* submitted by Messrs C Macandrew and K«yr. olds for a new township m M*<:andre\<- a B&, were approved. It was resolved thp.t a petition asking that a policeman be p.accd m t.ie district is larrikinism was increasing ta circulated. It was resolved that ore months notice be given to all casual isen last taken futoihe service of the board and that wteu circumstances changed the discharged hands get the first offer of employment ir. th«u respective subdivision* Mr James Barton, who has retired from the position of head master of the Portcbello School after 28 years' service, was entertained at a farewell social on Friday evening in the school hall. Mr D. D Seatc* (chairman of the School Committee) presided, and the hall was crowded, there being about 250 people present. The first part of the function took the form of a concert, and songs were rendered by Mrs Habershon Misses Christie, Ridley, ancTCrawley and Mr Dickson, a duet by Mrs and Miss Ridley, recitations by Miss Orkney and Mr Green, a piano solo by Miss May Durham, and » violin solo by Miss Lily Crawley. Aftex an interval, during which refreshments were handed round, speeches were delivered by the Chairman, the Rev. Mt Gr^ig, the Rev. Mr Erwin. Messrs James Dickson, Mangan, and William Leslie, all of whom testified to the excellent maiineT in which Mr Bartoi had carried out his duties in the school aud to the satisfactory result* attained by his pupils, also to the esteem in w&ieh he waa held as a worlcev in the church and as % resident of the district. On behalf of .the Presbyterian Church and public school Mr Barton was presented with ar. iUuminateel address and a purse of sovereigns, also with" a silver-mounted umbrolla and a fountain pen on behalf of the children. Iv returning thanks Mr Barton said he feit that at hia age he could not accommodate himself to the new condition of affairs in the teaching profession. He had tried to -hupait sociality and truthfulness to his pupils, also their great privileges in belonging to the British Empire. Though he was rptirin,': he was not going far away, and would often visit Portobello to s*e his old fr.end 1 !.