VALEDICTORY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16799, 1 April 1919, Page 5

VALEDICTORY.

A SOUTHIiUUX SOCIAL. | On Friday evening the SouthburnS * residents tendered ;i farewell social to{ -Mr and Mrs Thomas Kinross who, linv-| ilig sold their farm, are about to take' wp their residence in Timaru. After a very enjoyable programme of I music had been rendered by members of the Evans, Chamberlain, and Parry• families, Mr Ward, in - making a preI soiitation of a parting memento from I "the residents of the district to the KUests of the evening, expressed regret lat the removal ot such good neighbours, but also satisfaction that they were at least not going far away. Mr and Mrs Kinross had been his near neighbours for about nineteen years, and he had always found • them most obliging -(and agreeable. He also referred to Mr Kinross's good offices as a, member of the ■ Waima'te' County Council. 1 Mr A, S. Elworthy also exposed his regret at the loss of'.Mr and Mrs Kinross from the district, and of Mr Kinross as a fellow-member of the. County Council. Mr Purvis followed in like strain. • The presentation was in the form of a handsome .'mnrble clock, a set of silver tea-spoons, and an article, the sole , right to which Mr Kinross's better half ■\vill not be likely to dispute witli him ; j namely, a pipe. . In returning thanks, Mr Kinross sard j he was taken completely by surprise, j and could not adequately express what he. would wish to say. : After an interval of social chat and : tlie usual bountiful supper provided bv/ l the. ladies, a very social gathering waf i brought to a dose with the sinking of the National .Anthem and "Auld Lane, Syne." followed by cheers for Mr and Mrs Kinross. ============= .