VALEDICTORY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4756, 26 September 1924, Page 2

VALEDICTORY

GATHERING AT KOMATA. POPULAR SETTLER HONOURED. One of the largest and most successful gatherings yet held in the Komata North Hall took place on Tuesday evening, when settlers and their wives and friends assembled from all parts ofi the district to publicly farewell Mr and Mrs T. Killgour, who are leaving to take up their residence in Thames, after living for some fourteen years in Komata. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and a strong committee under the leadership of Mr L. F. Jones, secretary of the Hall Committee, spared no effort to ensure the success of the event. The first part of the evening was devoted to dancing to the strains of delightful music supplied by Miss Stevens (Waihi), extras being contributed by Miss B. Jones (Paeroa), violin, and Mr G. Royal, flute. Dancing was interspersed with .a number of musical and vocal items, those assisting with the harmony of the eVening being Misses McCullay, M. Davidson, B. Jones, and Messrs Price, Samson, Tukukino, and Royal, all responding to encores. Miss C. Taylor acted as accompanist. lust prior to the supper adjournment Mr J. Howie, on behalf of the Komata settlers, presented Mr Killgour with two leather upholstered lounge chairs as a slight token of the es’eem in which he and Mrs Killgour were held in the district. In making the presentation Mr Howie conveyed the good wishes of the settlers to the guests of the evening, and trusted that they would long be spared to enjoy the comfort of the chairs during their declining years. The speaker referred to the high esteem in which Mr and Mrs Killgour were held in the district, and drew* attention to their willingness at all .times to render assistance to any good cause. Their hospitality had always been unbounded, and their friendliness and charitableness would’ be sorely missed in the district. ) Mr Killgour, who was received with - prolonged applause, on rising to reply on behalf of Mrs Killgour and himself, warmly thanked the settlers for their valued token of esteem. He assured the gathering that anything he had been able to do to assist the progress of the district had been a pleasure and a privilege, and he would always remember the happy' days he had spent in Komata. Mr Killgour said that Although he was going to reside in Thames, he hoped to visit Komata at intervals as his son would be carrying on his farm. Cheers and the singing of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and “Auld Lang Syne” concluded the function.