THE SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

Southland Times, Issue 3290, 6 January 1879, Page 2

THE SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

♦ dull 1 Mr W. G. Mehaffey, the recently appr 1 master of the South Public School hei oS* been made the recipient of most fl.it' ssa testimonials on the occasion of his le suHrt Stawell, Victoria, for New Zealand foftl scholars of his Sunday School clas l.&Jl. teachers of the school, and a- numbei jjJ&i friends belonging to the Presbyterian C 1 faffli Scallan street, Stawell, met in the - j*3L room. The chair was. occupied by the .osL S. Kelso, who introduced the businc }*M which they were met in a few sent .81 highly compUmenta'ry to their guest. ||| c he had known from a boy, for Avho&i 1 and attainments as a teacher he ha &RP highest esteem, andAvhose many sterlin' oi| amiable qualities" had made him <- L wjo numberofftiendsin Stawell. Heconcbul wjjll presenting him, in the name of the igls sciibers, with a costly gold \ agf}^ bearing a suitable inscription v The presentation was accompanied by . ys? dress, which after testifying to the esfo „!J which Mr Mehaffey was held proceed ~pjF state: — "We regret exceedingly lh,r *jf" have bad to receive from another colon ™y" promotion in your profession that * &§!' have come to you in our own, because it ??&'' from among us a good teacher, a ' tr|b hearted friend, and a citizen who has <_ ofi the esteem and admiration of all cla c - Jas our feUow-towns men." <jg e Mr Mehaffey alluded iv flattcriug feu jjf HUA'aiying friendship of the chairman. *^ ( the regret he felt in parting from In?,:. Si: tried and valued friends, not venluu :s|" hope that be Avould be able to re pi ice esP 1 . iv Invercargill, or anywhere else he ' *W be located. He would all his life che h!?* lively recollection of the nine happy 3 c d& p had lived in Stawell, and especially < <n| fellow-laborers inthe Sunday School. tse In connection with the day-school ||ji Davies, head-teacher, on behalf of Ji-i Mehaffey's fellow-teachers and pupil-, ja.. sented him with a set of diamond si ucb sjjL a handsome gold locket, bearing an appi ||£ ate inscription. The pupUs of the 1 3t school, of which Mr Mehaffy had been %^F teacher since its commencement, also mu<. Ir ! in force, to present him with a richly 1 1* _y gold pencU case, and wish him f are w el' J^° success in his new field of labors. Sc ,f r other presentations were made to Mr Men "Ifn prior to his departure. Mi