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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14869, 18 September 1918, Page 3 (Supplement)

Mr and Mrs W. R. May> -of ' Richmond,, retired from.'acth'o'.business on Saturday, and intend leaving for a lengthy stay at Rotorua. • On Thursday evening last their many friends of the Methodist''CTmrcli entertained them at a social held, in the Cirareh (Sunday School,■ when the Rev. W. : Wilia spoke c(; ihe high esteem in which Mr arid Mrs May were held ■throughout. thY district, and cf the generous:and efficient .assistance Mrs May had rendered to the church. ; He: also expressed his ■ very great regret at their from '■.tho" district. Mr May, oh" behalf of Mrs May and himself, acknowledged the ■expression of good feelings towards them, and-spoke of the many happy . years they had spent in the district. During the evening songs 'were rendered by Misses Kingsland, Gilbert, and Burrough, Messrs Holland and- Martin, pianoforte solos by Misses Heslox> nnd Hunter, and a recitation by Miss Ingram.