Presentation at Riverton

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 36

Presentation at Riverton

A public meeting of citizens was held in the Riverton' Town Hall on Saturday afternoon, March 23, the object being to bid good-bye to Mr. D. P. Phillips, who for the past four years has held the .position of Clerk of the Court and Registrar, and has recently been promoted to the Westport office (says the Southland Times). In spite of the time being most unsuitable for 7 the attendance of business people, there was a representative gathering. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. W. L. Petchell) presided, - and before the presentation to Mr. Phillips he referred to his long and pleasant friendship with him and spoke in laudatory terms of the thorough manner in which he (Mr. Phillips) had conducted his official duties, and also of the kindly assistance he had rendered in all social and other matters connected with the town. His Worship then presented the guest with a well-filled purse of •sovereigns. ■ •' ,;■ „ . t Mr. Anderson, on behalf of the legal profession, expressed their . regret .at the impending departure of

Mr. Phillips. Personally, he could safely say that having been in daily intercourse with that gentleman both in; his official and private capacity, it would ■be impossible to find a more efficient and courteous Clerk of the Court. Although the demands of the profession the Clerk of Court on behalf of their clients were many and sometimes almost excessive, Mr. Phillips invariably managed { to successfully grapple with same. As regards the undertaking by him (the speaker) in collecting the subscriptions he must say it was a pleasure, and he had to thank both Dr. Gordon and Mr. Woolf for the assistance rendered bv them.

Mr. J. Mathieson, representing the Police Department, also spoke in eulogistic terms of the guest. Mr. Lyle, as chairman of the Hospital Committee, thanked both Mr. and Mrs. Phillips for the kind musical service they had so often rendered to the hospital. Kindly references were also made to Mr. Phillips by Messrs. R. Berndtson, Patrick, E. McKinnon, and others. Mr. Phillips feelingly and suitably responded.