VALEDICTORY.

Otaki Mail, 9 January 1920, Page 2

VALEDICTORY.

At one o’clock to day a number of parishioner? met at the Presbytery to ’ farewell to the Rev. Father Mail- ' - leaving for France by the ffioi, who i, — u 2 ..,5 j,. TO . To; ua. leaving Welling. _ J>(( to-morrow. Major Addington,, on . , link' of the parishioners of Otaki, V.'nikanae and Paraparstmu, expressed appretiation of the priest’s work during the time he had laboured anion f*J us. For the little over live years the Rev. Father bsd been here it had been a time of sire*.*, when his country and our,* stood united in many trials, and many of the parishioners had fought shoulder to shoulder with Father Maillard '» countrymen. Both Cathslic* and riOTi-Catholics appreciated his work at the time of the influenza 'epidemic. The regret at hi* departure was jsoftened by the knowledge that it wa* to be only tr-mporary. and all wished tb>Rev. lather Mailiard a pleasant voyage, a happy stay in his own country, and a rafe return. A- a token *f their esteem and appreciation Major Addington a sled hint So accept the present then offered, fApplause.) Major Addington then handed to Rev. Father Mail lard a handsome sum of money. The Rev. Father Mailiard, in reply* said fhtt he had always found hi* pari«h.io|er* devoted to their priest#, and will 1 eg to help in every way. He regretted leaving thera, even temporarily, bat he had been away inxti tom* for 29 years, and r.atursiiy ho was anxious to tee bis mother ajar a sflri the place where be was bora, tie assured them fee o)prcebited tfetair kirrfaeaa to him during? hi* stay la this parish, awl COped to return to them again. The gathering dbpero-d after riving cheers for the rev. father.