PRESENTATION ADDRESS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9543, 15 July 1909, Page 7

PRESENTATION ADDRESS.

The following is the text of the illuminated address presented to Mr F. S. Cooper, recently licensee of the Central Hotel, Masterton 30th June, 1909. To F. S. COOPER, Esq. Dear Sir— On an occasion such as this when through the carrying of No-License in Masterton, you have been compelled to relinquish business as an hotelkeeper, it is a fitting opportunity for your friends to give some expression of their opinion as to the manner in which you conducted your hotel, and of the many good qualities you possess as a resident of Masterton for several years. The subscribers to this testimoni.il desire to place on record their appreciation of the attention always given to your many and varied customers, sometimes against apparently vexatious annoyances; in Mrs Cooper you , always found a worthy helpmate. Oil . many occasions you must have found lit a severp trial, but you bore it with fortitude, and your pleasant manner never relaxed. In parting I with Mrs Cooper and yourself we do I so with sincere regret, for to know you both socially was a privilege to be desired, we feel assured that wherever and what part of the Dominion you may decide upon to take up your future abode you will gain the universal respect of your fellow citizens, and we trust you may have pleasant recollections of your brief residence in Masterton. Wisliirig you and your family every prosperity—We are, yours faithfully, j (Here follow the signatures to the address).