FOXTON'S NEW TOWN CLERK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1570, 29 June 1916, Page 3

FOXTON'S NEW TOWN CLERK.

FAREWELLED at paeroa. From our Paeroa contemporary wo learn that Mr Waters. Foxton s now Town Clerk, was entertained by friends and well-wishers at the Paeroa Borough Council Chambers on Saturday evening. In the absence of the Mayor, Cr. F. A. Balcke presided, and in referring to Mr \\tilers, said his leaving was a great loss to the borough and Ids place would be hard to fill. It is seldom an officer can be obtained to uevote all his time and interest in one task, but this Mr Waters did, and did it well for the borough. He took a real personal interest in the work of the Borough Council affairs, and in the town also. The only satisfaction there was in his leaving was Unit it would be for his betterment. In (he place he was going to lie would gain more experience. It was much larger borough than Paeroa, and he looked froward to the time when the him back again at a big salary. Mr Waters was actually one of us; lie placed all his interest in the town and he was sure that interest would remain unbroken. He bad pleasure in stating that an illuminated address was being prepared for the retiring Town Clerk, which would be forwarded on to him at Foxton. The wording of the address is as follows :

“We, on behalf of your numerous friends, feel that we cannot allow you to depart from us without expressing in some tangible manner our appreciation of the manner in which, you have so faithfully and zealously carried out the duties of the first Town Clerk of the Borough of P aero a. “The manner in which yon have so ably and unselfishly performed the various duties pertaining to that Acuities annexed to the initiation means of surmounting the many dif“ln leaving ns to fulfil similar of our infant borough. “In such trying circumstances your many kindly services were rendered with cheerfulness of spirit and regardless of your own personal interest. “In leaving us to fulfil similar duties for a larger borough, it must be a pleasure and gratification to you to know that you go with our very best wishes fur your future welfare/’ Mr Waters, replying, said he thanked Councillor Baleke for his kind expressions, but was afraid he was not deserving of all that had been said. He always manifested an interest in the borough and liked to see its movements advancing. Il was only a new Im-al body, and when its financial adjustments were completed, he was >ure it would have a succe-sful career. He had an idea of coming back to Pacma some lime. He bad no conception that his services were so well recognised, and he hoped his successor would get on as well as had been his lot. Personally, he thought he would make a very good man. In concluding, he thanked the whole staff of the borough for the individual assistance they had rendered him from time to time. He personally referred to Mr M. Brunskil), who, he said, was going to make a very good inspector and who had been very useful to him in many ways. Councillor Craves said in Mr Waters he had never met a more straightforward and honest man in his life. In fact, he was right up-to-date, and had the speaker had his way. Mr Waters would not be leaving now. Mr P. R. Parker also spoke in eulogistic terms of the high qualities of Mr Waters as a clerk. Mr Neil, foreman of works of the borough, said that Mr Waters had helped him from the first. Mr Platt spoke in the highest terms of the Clerk, and said he had performed more work than he had ever been paid for, and the council was losing a good man, while they were all losing a good friend, and he hoped wherever he journeyed he would do well.