HAWERA.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 489, 3 January 1880, Page 2

HAWERA.

(FROM f)i;u OWN' COUKEsS»oSS>KNT.) Ox New Years niyht, the members of the 11, a war.‘i Cricket Club presented Mr '.V. Ci. White (t! 10 Secretary and Treasurer) with a dock, as a wadding' pn-sci.t, and as a token of their esteenr Ever smce Mr White has been in the district he has been an invaluable member of the dub, and it, is main!v due to his untiring e:; e 1 rms tnar the club is in such a nourishing condition. 'The presentation took phic-e at Lloyd s Hotel, by Mr Mason, the Vicc-Presid-mr. of the club, wlio. with a few appropriate words, wished air W into noail.h and happiness for a trend number of years, and sain that the club heariiy congratulated bun on ] t is marriage, and hoped a:s - that be would still continue as Secretary t<> tnc club. , Mr White thanked the ni-anO *>>! .) -!• gift. and S lid it was dwav.- ■< py-''..< J him »e do an,} ’inn- Wr ' t' ; = ' ::U '- i i --'-

would be their Secretary as long as he pos" sibly could. Mr Ilidcliford the health ol Mr and .Mrs White, which was received with musical honors. The clock was obtained by Mr 11. G. Pitcher, and is a very handsome one. It stands about two hod high, the stand being made ol gilded bronze and maihlo, with a figure on each side, and an arrangement at Iha top which looks to me like a soup top on. It <ro< s (V,r 21 days, and strikes the hour and half-hour. Mr Pilcher has also obtained the paraphernalia for the Masonic Lodge. The ornaments are made of silver, \vi:h siik sashes, and what wilh the clock and these Mr Pitcher’s shop has been overrun wilh admirers.