PORT ALBERT

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 5

PORT ALBERT

(Own Correspondent)

VALEDICTORY SOCIAL.

. On the 12th inst. a farewell social was tendered to Messrs J. Dayies and C. Hunt upon their leaving the district for the front.

The function took the nature of a concert, to which items were contri« butedby the leading artistes of the district. Mr Nicholson ably filled the chair, and in a few well-chosen remarks* presented Mr Davies with a handsome set of military brushes, suitably inscribed, from the Port Albret Eecreation and Social Clubs, members of which added a few brief remarks to Mr Nicholson's eulogy of the good work done by the recipient in the interests of sport. Mr Davies feelingly replied. Mr T. H. Hartnell made a few appropriate remarks on behalf of the Druids' Lodge, of which Mr Davies was an activefmember.

Mr .Roy Becroft thon presented Mr Hunt with a handsome case of pipes (bearing his monogram) from his old schoolmates. Mr Hunt is a member of one of "the oldest families in the district and though: he has been absent from it for the last fow years his old school-fellows still retain pleasant memories of early days spent in his

company,

Quite a number of well-wishers assembled at the wharf on Sunday afternoon to farewell Messrs Da vies and Hunt, who left for Auckland via Helensville. DRUIDS' PICNIC. The Druids' Annual Picnic held at Hargrave's Bay on 13th inst was an unqualified success. Aquatic and athletic sports formed part of a pleasant day's enjoyment and helped to render the gathering of 1915 a red letter day in the annals of the district